Day 2 BBC One: 13.00-18.00

:00:58. > :01:06.In the Yorkshire morning, the air cries tears from a leaden sky to

:01:07. > :01:14.turning wheels. The sunset nears and huge exhaustion slowly heals. Lizzie

:01:15. > :01:19.Armitstead just misses out, Olympic silver for her. The old world is

:01:20. > :01:26.spinning. A biker goes up the hill from the deep despair to hope. You

:01:27. > :01:31.can see them grinning away their fears and times like this will help

:01:32. > :01:38.them cope. Lizzie Armitstead is the champion of the world! All the

:01:39. > :01:43.heroes riding deserve your cheers and outstretched hand with cash

:01:44. > :01:51.inside. There is no hiding. Blood sweat and gears.

:01:52. > :01:55.Good morning, it is another Sunkist start on the first Sunday of the

:01:56. > :01:59.Olympic Games and we are out on the roads around Rio, this time to watch

:02:00. > :02:04.Lizzie Armitstead, who won Britain's first medal of the home games four

:02:05. > :02:10.years ago when she rode to a silver medal down The Mall and now she is

:02:11. > :02:16.trying to upgrade the silver medal to Rio gold medal. The most

:02:17. > :02:21.telegenic course in Olympic history and also the most brutal. Four years

:02:22. > :02:29.ago we had to wait until day five until the British gold rush began.

:02:30. > :02:40.And it started back then underwater with Helen Glover and Heather

:02:41. > :02:43.Stanning. Unbeaten in five years. Rugby small sized version, a big

:02:44. > :02:48.challenge the tropical heat of the host city. Plenty of sweat, but no

:02:49. > :02:53.tears, we hope, for the British women in their final group against

:02:54. > :02:57.Canada today. They called her Queen Elizabeth when

:02:58. > :03:06.she took silver medal on the Mall. Lizzie Armitstead aiming to rule

:03:07. > :03:12.absolutely in the women's road race. British men's four has reigned since

:03:13. > :03:19.the coronation in Sydney, can this continue for a fifth straight Games?

:03:20. > :03:27.And they and the women's pair in action. We have delays. Choppy again

:03:28. > :03:32.already. We will get an update in the next couple of minutes and let

:03:33. > :03:39.you know. The road race begins at 2:15pm. 85 miles around the toughest

:03:40. > :03:45.course in Olympic history and then we have the key match for the

:03:46. > :03:54.women's rugby sevens against Canada. We are keeping an eye on events in

:03:55. > :04:01.boxing. Written's man of the moment today, Joshua Buatsi. These are some

:04:02. > :04:12.of the key moments to factor in. We have a lot covered in the next six

:04:13. > :04:17.hours. In the evening, the Chinese diver hoping to become the first to

:04:18. > :04:24.win five Olympic titles. Adam Peaty looking a class apart going into his

:04:25. > :04:29.100 metres breaststroke final. And we have the first glimpse of legend

:04:30. > :04:33.Michael Phelps. It could be gold medal number 19 personally for him

:04:34. > :04:37.in the freestyle relay. That is in the middle of your night. Enough to

:04:38. > :04:44.keep you going all through the night. Feel free to get in touch.

:04:45. > :04:51.Just join in when you feel confident enough, to paraphrase Gregory's

:04:52. > :04:55.Girl. It is 9am here and there has been a time shift in the swimming

:04:56. > :05:01.events, largely because of the television demands of North America.

:05:02. > :05:07.In fact, the morning heats are the afternoon heats and the finals have

:05:08. > :05:12.been pushed back four hours, starting at 10pm in the evening,

:05:13. > :05:16.which is a challenge for morning larks being turned into night owls.

:05:17. > :05:25.If you missed last night's first finals will -- we will reflect on

:05:26. > :05:29.them. James Guy, the silver medallist in the World Championships

:05:30. > :05:35.last year, this was his first Olympic final.

:05:36. > :05:40.How would he get on? The final of the men's 400 metres freestyle.

:05:41. > :05:53.James Guy in the Red Hat, one from the bottom. Right next to Sun Yang.

:05:54. > :05:58.Sun Yang had a very slow reaction to the starting gun. A good start for

:05:59. > :06:03.James Guy. Tactics in the race will be

:06:04. > :06:08.absolutely fascinating. And very interestingly, Sun Yang started to

:06:09. > :06:14.slowly. He must've heard my disapproval, but he is in it. James

:06:15. > :06:22.Guy doing really well. Really impressive. James Guy in third

:06:23. > :06:29.place. Hopefully has Becky has mentioned he will shake off this

:06:30. > :06:37.morning and put in a good performance tonight. We would like

:06:38. > :06:47.to see him in the medals at the top of the pool. Nobody showing their

:06:48. > :06:52.cards. James Guy has taken the lead. He is working pretty hard stand this

:06:53. > :07:00.first 100. I think he is working particularly hard also in lane four,

:07:01. > :07:04.where there is Conor Dwyer of the USA. Mack Horton, with the yellow

:07:05. > :07:09.hat in the centre, looks very comfortable. This is a clear break.

:07:10. > :07:16.Very early from James Guy. This is brave, very brave indeed. He has

:07:17. > :07:21.great 200 metres freestyle strength, the world champion. He has guts. In

:07:22. > :07:27.the relay last year at the World Championships when Great Britain

:07:28. > :07:32.won, it was down to him, overtaking the Americans. He has guts.

:07:33. > :07:38.Absolutely taking this race by the scruff of the neck. Only the last

:07:39. > :07:48.200 we will see if he has got it in him. James Guy leading by almost a

:07:49. > :07:53.second. Working hard down the first 200 metres. The charge will come

:07:54. > :07:56.out. Mack Horton, the yellow hat of Australia, looking comfortable.

:07:57. > :08:03.Starting to make a move. This is where he did in the heats. Coming

:08:04. > :08:08.back, the pink suit, one lane up from James Guy. They are charging.

:08:09. > :08:16.This is amazing, James Guy trying to hold off the field. 150 metres to

:08:17. > :08:22.go. This will be tough. If he has heavy arms at this point. Mack

:08:23. > :08:30.Horton, he is the man capable of 3.4 one. Sun Yang, obelisk with the

:08:31. > :08:35.white cap. I think they are just winding up. The middle lanes are

:08:36. > :08:43.winding up, reeling him in. Let's hope James Guy has something left.

:08:44. > :08:50.Nine tenths at 200. They are really starting to go. Mack Horton has got

:08:51. > :08:57.to his feet. Sun Yang is starting to go in the white hat and pink suit of

:08:58. > :09:07.China. Conor Dwyer has a fantastic finish. James Guy is still there.

:09:08. > :09:13.Look at lane one. Fantastic. Mack Horton. I think the swimming

:09:14. > :09:18.fraternity is urging on the 20-year-old Australian to beat Sun

:09:19. > :09:26.Yang. Sun Yang trains in Australia, still, amazingly. Sun Yang closer to

:09:27. > :09:29.us and he is charging. Mack Horton, the 20-year-old Australian, he has

:09:30. > :09:37.still got it. And he takes the gold medal. I had to save the world is a

:09:38. > :09:44.happier place for that result. Sun Yang gets the silver medal. The

:09:45. > :09:53.bronze to the Italian. James Guy finishing in sixth. Not a bad time.

:09:54. > :09:57.3:44.6. And goodness me, he is sitting on the lane nine and he has

:09:58. > :10:07.won a gold medal for Australia. Wow. He worked hard. It was the only

:10:08. > :10:11.way you could do it? No pressure, go out fast and try to hold on. A

:10:12. > :10:17.painful way to do it, do you regret that is the way you planned it? You

:10:18. > :10:22.can see the last 100 and Mack Horton was going past me and I thought, oh,

:10:23. > :10:27.no. It is a great venue and I am happy to be here to fight for

:10:28. > :10:31.medals. Your mum had her hands over her face. It is tough for your

:10:32. > :10:38.family. They flew all these miles to watch me swim. My coaches, all the

:10:39. > :10:43.guys at home, Facebook friends, thanks. My grandad up in heaven.

:10:44. > :10:49.Talk about the 200. Your sprint speed definitely there. The first

:10:50. > :10:54.100 was pretty comfortable. Good signs for tomorrow. I will let you

:10:55. > :11:08.go. You need to rest those legs. See you tomorrow.

:11:09. > :11:39.The amazing Adam Peaty. Four years ago in London he was in the British

:11:40. > :11:43.junior team and what an incredibly rapid rise he has enjoyed since

:11:44. > :11:47.then. He came here for his first Olympic Games as the man to beat as

:11:48. > :11:54.the reigning world record-holder and world champion. He has won scores of

:11:55. > :11:58.medals. Was he nervous? Not a bit. He smashed his own world record in

:11:59. > :12:01.his first race in the Olympics by half a second. How would he go in

:12:02. > :12:16.the semifinals? Let's find out. Very good reaction to the gun. Adam

:12:17. > :12:21.Peaty of Great Britain, well, this is exactly where he started. He got

:12:22. > :12:29.to 20 metres and rocketed in the heats and looking good already.

:12:30. > :12:34.Brilliant reactions. Nor .5 eight. Very few swimmers in the world get

:12:35. > :12:47.under 0.6 in reaction to the gun. And he is getting away from a

:12:48. > :13:01.world-class sprinter. Coady Miller is having a great race.

:13:02. > :13:18.Lets see if he can set it up for tomorrow's final. Perfect from Adam

:13:19. > :13:23.Peaty. 57.60 two. A pedestrian seven 100ths slower than the times set

:13:24. > :13:31.earlier! A perfect semifinal, fastest through to the final. He

:13:32. > :13:36.worked hard for that one. I think he would have been set looking for a

:13:37. > :13:41.world record. It was mentioned in the interviews with Ross Murdoch,

:13:42. > :13:47.about how breaststroke is a weird stroke. You cannot snatch the water.

:13:48. > :13:52.You get excited and want to get hold of the water. Sometimes you rush it

:13:53. > :14:00.a bit. Maybe he was overconfident. He is not arrogant. I am talking

:14:01. > :14:05.about his confidence in his ability to race fast. Seven 100s outside the

:14:06. > :14:14.world record. It is very good, though. The second

:14:15. > :14:19.fastest time ever at the 100 metres breaststroke. Did you feel you were

:14:20. > :14:26.rushing it tonight, or was it to plan? My coach says, keep chilled.

:14:27. > :14:30.Enjoy the atmosphere. It did not feel like an Olympic semifinal, I

:14:31. > :14:35.was so chilled. Hopefully tomorrow I will move on board. I feel there is

:14:36. > :14:39.something in the tank but I want to save myself and get the investment

:14:40. > :14:42.of the work I have done in the past seven years and hopefully cash out

:14:43. > :14:44.tomorrow. It must give you confidence when you know you have a

:14:45. > :14:55.second almost on everybody else. It would have been good to have two

:14:56. > :14:59.Team GB swimmers, but it's a very tough sport, as you know. Hopefully

:15:00. > :15:02.I'm going to do Team GB proud tomorrow and show what it's all

:15:03. > :15:08.about. Tell me what happened when you got back to the village today.

:15:09. > :15:14.So many people congratulating me, it is crazy, that's what the Olympic

:15:15. > :15:22.experience is all about. Use as small emotional energy as possible.

:15:23. > :15:25.Tomorrow I'll have the morning off and hopefully put in a fast final

:15:26. > :15:34.tomorrow. Can't wait to see you, get some rest. STUDIO: 2.53 precisely is

:15:35. > :15:38.the time that he is due to start on the start line, indeed the blocks,

:15:39. > :15:42.going for the gold, which would quench a very long thirst of 28

:15:43. > :15:50.years since the last time a British man won gold in the pool, trying to

:15:51. > :15:54.join three champions over the last 40 years, and Adrian Moorhouse, the

:15:55. > :16:02.last man to do it, said he would be a welcome addition. There will be no

:16:03. > :16:10.competition before 10:30pm Palatine, 2:30pm your time, so we are two

:16:11. > :16:13.hours behind -- our time. Choppy conditions at Lagoa. We'll hear from

:16:14. > :16:19.John Inverdale about what's going on. Let's go back to the pool.

:16:20. > :16:24.Hannah Miley is the Scottish -based swimmer who has really done

:16:25. > :16:26.everything in the sport, she has European, world, Commonwealth medals

:16:27. > :16:32.but the one thing missing, an Olympic medal. At the age of 26 and

:16:33. > :16:36.in her third Games, she knew that last night was probably her last

:16:37. > :16:39.chance. Aimee Willmott of Great Britain was also in the final.

:16:40. > :16:50.COMMENTATOR: The final of the women's 400 medley, Katinka Hosszu

:16:51. > :17:07.in four. Great Britain have her surrounded in two, Aimee Willmott,

:17:08. > :17:18.and Hannah Miley in six. I believe that Hosszu will try and get an even

:17:19. > :17:26.bigger lead. Dirado was behind her and she was reeling her in, going a

:17:27. > :17:30.bit faster than her. She got the silver medal. The gold and silver

:17:31. > :17:39.medallists are here. Belmonte, the Spanish swimmer, coached by Fred

:17:40. > :17:48.Vanu, some of you may know him, doing a great job with Belmonte.

:17:49. > :17:52.Working pretty hard, Hosszu. I was quite surprised, she's a good fly

:17:53. > :17:56.swimmer but Belmonte is a World Championships all the medallist over

:17:57. > :18:03.the 200 fly and she is beating her by about two metres. Now the back

:18:04. > :18:06.stroke for Hosszu, very quick, the European champion two years ago and

:18:07. > :18:14.gold medallist at the European Championships in the 200. Looking

:18:15. > :18:18.very good at the 150 metre turn. Way ahead of the world record, the

:18:19. > :18:25.computer-generated record. 2.5, after three lengths. She's also got

:18:26. > :18:28.a strong breaststroke, it is the weaker of her strokes but it has

:18:29. > :18:33.strengthened over the last couple of years. I think she's looking to get

:18:34. > :18:38.four seconds ahead of the world record. Dirado also in the 200 axed

:18:39. > :18:44.rogue, head of the world record pace, in the black cap. Similar to

:18:45. > :18:49.the World Championships in Klizan last year. No doubt about the

:18:50. > :18:55.leader, Hosszu is going for the world record. So, the halfway stage

:18:56. > :19:01.in the final of the women's 400 metres individual medley and Katinka

:19:02. > :19:05.Hosszu, 4.3 seconds under the world record pace at the halfway and now

:19:06. > :19:12.she has two judge the breaststroke leg and see if she can get to four

:19:13. > :19:15.seconds under. Previously she went ridiculously fast in London.

:19:16. > :19:21.Stretching her lead. Dirado trying to go with her and Aimee Willmott is

:19:22. > :19:27.going well in two and Hannah Miley is moving into bronze medal

:19:28. > :19:31.position. Now the breaststroke, starting to move and Hannah is

:19:32. > :19:36.looking good in six. She will turn in just about third place. She does.

:19:37. > :19:41.Hannah Miley in third and Aimee Willmott in fifth. I think there is

:19:42. > :19:44.a bronze medal in this for the British women, up for grabs.

:19:45. > :19:50.Belmonte isn't swimming as well as she can do. Hosszu well ahead of the

:19:51. > :19:56.world record, Dirado going with her and Hani Myler -- Hannah Miley, half

:19:57. > :20:00.a body length. She has a good freestyle. Three quarters of a body

:20:01. > :20:06.length ahead, she could get the bronze. Dirado herself is slowing up

:20:07. > :20:11.a little bit, Miley is putting herself in great contention. Katinka

:20:12. > :20:16.Hosszu, 5.25 seconds underneath the world record pace and she has some

:20:17. > :20:21.legs here as well. She looked tired at the end of the breaststroke but

:20:22. > :20:25.goodness me, she's going for it. Adrian, surely she can't fail to

:20:26. > :20:31.break the world record, with 100 to go? She had 3.5 and only just lost

:20:32. > :20:35.it in the heats this morning. I don't think that the line is going

:20:36. > :20:42.to catch up, I think she will break the record, stunning swimming.

:20:43. > :20:49.Hannah is in for the bronze medal. Tell you what, Belmonte isn't giving

:20:50. > :20:52.up easily. Belmonte is in fourth place, she is charging at Hannah

:20:53. > :20:58.Miley of Great Britain. No doubt about the winner, it is whether it's

:20:59. > :21:09.going to be a new world record. The record is standing to Chi Wen and

:21:10. > :21:17.she is well under it. It is gold, the world record for Hosszu and

:21:18. > :21:22.silver, Hosszu and the bronze medal has just gone to Belmonte. Goodness

:21:23. > :21:27.me, so close for Hannah Miley, in fourth place. Very brave swimming

:21:28. > :21:36.from her. Massive world record for Katinka Hosszu of Hungary. 4.2 six.

:21:37. > :21:41.My word. That was awesome swimming. Hosszu completely dominated the

:21:42. > :21:45.race. Smashing the world record which was set in London in 2012

:21:46. > :21:51.which we thought wouldn't go for a long time. She's been building up to

:21:52. > :21:59.it. She has been working with her husband, who is a cage in the states

:22:00. > :22:05.-- who is a coach. This will be the start of the gold medal for her at

:22:06. > :22:09.the Games, getting the confidence -- gold medals. She was confident from

:22:10. > :22:17.the get go, I think she recognised she didn't have enough of a lead.

:22:18. > :22:20.That is her husband, Shane Tusup. He's known for his extravagant

:22:21. > :22:27.behaviour at poolside. He's kicked things before now. It's good to see

:22:28. > :22:32.him more excited about his swimmer and his wife's performance. Quite

:22:33. > :22:44.special, two seconds under the world record. Utterly extraordinary.

:22:45. > :22:55.Actually 2.1. Wow. She was 5.2 ahead after the breaststroke. Wow. Yes! He

:22:56. > :23:01.is a one, I can tell you. Good to see he happy, I don't think I would

:23:02. > :23:09.like to see him unhappy. So, the results confirmed. Katinka Hosszu,

:23:10. > :23:16.massive world record. Silver, great silver, Dirado of the USA and bronze

:23:17. > :23:30.for Belmonte. Great Britain's Hannah Miley just goes into fourth place.

:23:31. > :23:35.STUDIO: The iron Lady, Hosszu of Hungary, her first gold in her

:23:36. > :23:39.fourth Games, so perhaps Hannah can take inspiration about her

:23:40. > :23:46.longevity. Missing out on the medal by 15 hundredths of a second, pretty

:23:47. > :23:52.agonising. I'm sure Seal Teale -- I'm sure she will continue. We had

:23:53. > :24:00.the men's 400 metres individual medley, to complete the set from

:24:01. > :24:03.last night. Max Litchfield appearing in his first final, featuring some

:24:04. > :24:09.established names and some very exciting new ones as well.

:24:10. > :24:20.COMMENTATOR: Sokol two lengths of butterfly, two backstroke and two

:24:21. > :24:28.freestyle. In lane five, the Asian Games champion, Seto of Japan. The

:24:29. > :24:34.two Japanese are going very well in three and five. Fraser Holmes in the

:24:35. > :24:40.red cap going with them. He often swims very well during the season

:24:41. > :24:49.but he can't compete in the major meetings, but Seto as expected, as

:24:50. > :24:55.expected, and Hagino. He said that he looked at Hagino as the man to

:24:56. > :25:06.beat. For me, Seto is the man who can cope for the big pressure.

:25:07. > :25:15.Kalisz did well to qualify. The Japanese looking very strong. Fraser

:25:16. > :25:23.Holmes of Australia on the left-hand side of that shot in lane seven.

:25:24. > :25:29.Commonwealth record holder. Great Britain's Max Litchfield in lane two

:25:30. > :25:38.is going well. In fourth, fifth place, but very tight. Hagino is

:25:39. > :25:43.taking a bit of a lead here. Both Japanese men, big fly kicks, using

:25:44. > :25:49.almost all of the 15 metres they are allowed and Hagino has a great

:25:50. > :25:55.backstroke. He is coached by the double Olympic gold medallist in the

:25:56. > :25:58.breaststroke, the champion, Keto Jima, so I imagine that his

:25:59. > :26:05.breaststroke is being worked on a little bit. I think that Kalisz will

:26:06. > :26:12.be surprised that the Japanese are this far ahead. Is fantastic in the

:26:13. > :26:19.breaststroke. So, first, Hagino in the halfway point. He is first, for

:26:20. > :26:24.Japan, and Seto in second, for Japan. The challenge is coming from

:26:25. > :26:30.Chase Kalisz from the USA. He is absolutely charging in the black

:26:31. > :26:34.cap. He is eating it up, having a great leg, getting into the medal

:26:35. > :26:39.contention. The Black cap, I'm not sure if he can catch Hagino. They

:26:40. > :26:46.are tightening up, coming quite close here. Separated by three

:26:47. > :26:53.seconds. Now, one and a half seconds separating them. It is going to be

:26:54. > :26:58.down to the freestyle leg, does Hagino have enough of a lead?

:26:59. > :27:04.Wouldn't be surprised if this is even, with 100 metres to go. Hagino

:27:05. > :27:08.still leading for Japan but Chase ceilidhs, goodness me, chasing on

:27:09. > :27:13.the breaststroke leg, he must have made six, seven metres -- Kalisz.

:27:14. > :27:24.Hagino will be the first to turn and I wonder if this one metre lead is

:27:25. > :27:28.going to be enough. 0.74, Hagino leads, third place, Seto and this is

:27:29. > :27:35.going to be one hell of a fight. I think Hagino is the stronger in the

:27:36. > :27:43.freestyle. Trains with the same code as Michael Phelps, Kalisz. He's been

:27:44. > :27:49.training in Arizona. He'll be digging in. But Hagino is holding

:27:50. > :27:54.on. Tell you what, Kalisz is coming back, just inside the last 15

:27:55. > :28:01.metres, he really made a move. Now, Hagino is watching him, he is

:28:02. > :28:05.breathing to his right, and so is Kalisz, it will go to the last 15

:28:06. > :28:10.metres. Goodness me, Hagino of Japan looks like he's going to win the

:28:11. > :28:18.first final of this 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and it is going to be

:28:19. > :28:27.gold, Japan, the 400 metres medley champion, Hagino, then Kalisz and

:28:28. > :28:31.then Seto of Japan. Max Litchfield, fourth place, brilliant swimming for

:28:32. > :28:37.Great Britain. Quite a day, you must be very pleased? Yes, very happy. It

:28:38. > :28:44.is a shame to come in fourth, missing out, but two PBs in a day,

:28:45. > :28:49.can't complain. This is your first world final, frustrating not to win

:28:50. > :28:56.a medal, but such fantastic swimming. Some places to work on in

:28:57. > :29:01.front of the IM? Yes, always things you can go back and work on after

:29:02. > :29:10.the race. Some things I know where I can do better. That is loud!

:29:11. > :29:14.Definitely, like I say, places to improve and I will go back next year

:29:15. > :29:17.and put things in place and come back better. Great to see you

:29:18. > :29:24.summing so well and hopefully we'll have a good Team GB night. STUDIO:

:29:25. > :29:28.Wow, Max Litchfield, that was very impressive and I'm sure it gave him

:29:29. > :29:34.hope as he goes through this Olympics and future Games as we head

:29:35. > :29:38.towards Tokyo in four years' time. It's incredible, just one moment,

:29:39. > :29:43.this is your moment in one Olympics but it takes so much effort, that

:29:44. > :29:46.you don't really see and we can never really appreciate what these

:29:47. > :29:51.athletes and swimmers go through to get here. Matthew Syed has been

:29:52. > :29:59.here, seen it and done it all before.

:30:00. > :30:13.Four years. 208 weeks. 126 million, 144,000 seconds. That is the time

:30:14. > :30:19.period, the defining time period that articulates the peril and

:30:20. > :30:25.privilege of being an Olympian. The thing that got me into cycling was a

:30:26. > :30:29.dream of going to the Olympic Games to compete for Great Britain. Every

:30:30. > :30:32.year you do, every day you train is for the Olympics and to be your

:30:33. > :30:42.best. It will be challenging and tough. This creates the stakes. One

:30:43. > :30:47.tiny error on the grand stage and you have to wait four years to

:30:48. > :30:51.correct it. COMMENTATOR: The defending champion thrown out for

:30:52. > :30:57.two false starts. Sometimes you never get a chance to correct it. I

:30:58. > :31:01.never hit the wall in the marathon but I hit it in Athens and it took a

:31:02. > :31:06.lot of time to mentally and physically get back because I felt I

:31:07. > :31:11.had let people down. You have one shot and you always think this could

:31:12. > :31:14.be my last chance to win Olympic gold. You can be introduced the rest

:31:15. > :31:19.of your life as an Olympian and that means something to the world. Been

:31:20. > :31:24.in big games is not about what happens in the spotlight, it is what

:31:25. > :31:34.we never see, the training bases, the altitude camps, the 5:30am on a

:31:35. > :31:38.frosty morning when all you want to do is stay in bed. If you have a

:31:39. > :31:41.life when you are preparing for the Olympics, you are not doing it

:31:42. > :31:47.right. It is hard to train and go up and down that black line many times

:31:48. > :31:51.every day. We have to flog ourselves up and down the lake and this

:31:52. > :31:56.weekends. These are not things I masochistically enjoy, this is the

:31:57. > :32:01.price of success. What looks like an awful way to live your life is

:32:02. > :32:07.normal for us, that routine is part of how they live their life. Just

:32:08. > :32:14.get on with it. Once you get the feeling, being on top of the podium,

:32:15. > :32:21.you wake up and go, I am going for a run, I have to. You have to sustain

:32:22. > :32:26.your motivation for four years. You have to make sacrifices for four

:32:27. > :32:31.years. You have to make strangers of your family for four years. My life

:32:32. > :32:39.has essentially been overtaken by a jumper. Greg missed our first scan

:32:40. > :32:43.and almost said Mr Milo's first birthday. He misses out on a lot. I

:32:44. > :32:53.think it is tough for him because being a dad is more important than

:32:54. > :33:00.being an athlete to him. It is difficult, and if I did not put 100%

:33:01. > :33:04.in, it is awful. I need to know I am doing this for good reasons. To look

:33:05. > :33:09.back and go wow, look what his mum has done. When you get on the stage

:33:10. > :33:14.itself, the psychological danger flips. The problem now is not

:33:15. > :33:20.motivation, but fear. You want to perform so much you become paranoid

:33:21. > :33:24.that you will not. The key to being successful in that moment is being

:33:25. > :33:30.able to manage your emotions. To be able to maintain a sense of calm and

:33:31. > :33:36.being present. It now has to look like I know what I am doing, I am in

:33:37. > :33:40.control. The thing I love the most is that adrenaline. When I walked

:33:41. > :33:45.into the Velodrome, I realise this is happening. And that emotional

:33:46. > :33:51.feeling I get. I know I am so ready for that moment. There is an

:33:52. > :33:58.essential cruelty in sport. The juxtaposition of the dreams and

:33:59. > :34:02.sacrifices and the top of the podium reserved for just one. And after an

:34:03. > :34:10.epic journey measured in years, success and failure are measured in

:34:11. > :34:16.fractions. 1.8 seconds is how long it takes to do one dies. All six of

:34:17. > :34:20.my dives are over faster than Usain Bolt's race. It is not just starting

:34:21. > :34:25.at the bottom and finding yourself on the top of the podium. It takes

:34:26. > :34:28.setbacks, injuries, moments when you question whether you want to

:34:29. > :34:33.continue doing your sport to get you to that point and that makes it

:34:34. > :34:38.sweeter when you do achieve it. Ultimately, it is how we deal with

:34:39. > :34:41.the setbacks and challenges, how we deal with the consequences of losing

:34:42. > :34:46.and winning. They make us who we are.

:34:47. > :34:52.Of course, some sports are more precarious than others and I am

:34:53. > :34:58.thinking of diving and gymnastics, where your hopes and careers might

:34:59. > :35:02.be over in a split-second. We had a terrible accident yesterday with a

:35:03. > :35:08.French gymnast who broke his leg and we will get an on his progress

:35:09. > :35:16.today, I am sure. On a more positive note, for the men's gymnasts, there

:35:17. > :35:21.were stellar performances for Great Britain. They have qualified for the

:35:22. > :35:26.men's team final and there is hopes of an upgrade on the bronze medal

:35:27. > :35:31.they had in London and the silver medal at the world gymnastics

:35:32. > :35:33.Championships. We can reflect on two outstanding performances from Great

:35:34. > :35:49.Britain's men yesterday. The current world champion, Max

:35:50. > :35:55.Whitlock, moves to the pommel horse. Straight into the single leg work

:35:56. > :36:02.and up to a handstand and circle. Really difficult work on the one

:36:03. > :36:08.handle. He has to keep the rhythm going, keep the tempo. This is

:36:09. > :36:15.really difficult work. Flaring back down. That is a difficult skill

:36:16. > :36:27.element. The full spindle. He will settle into the routine now.

:36:28. > :36:36.Travelling backwards. Come on, keep this going. Fall pirouette. What

:36:37. > :36:40.about that? What a routine. Two of the most fantastic routines you will

:36:41. > :36:45.see from the British guys. Max absorbing all that pressure. It is

:36:46. > :36:51.not easy to come as world champion and do a great routine like that.

:36:52. > :36:57.Delight on everybody's faces. That is what they needed, that is what

:36:58. > :37:05.they wanted. The Union Jack tape on his finger.

:37:06. > :37:09.Very nice style. He is quick and fast and precise with his hand

:37:10. > :37:14.movements. We need to keep our eye on what is

:37:15. > :37:20.the difficulty is of this routine, because it is massively difficult.

:37:21. > :37:27.Two of the judges add up the difficulty and that score, it will

:37:28. > :37:34.be on the side of your screen, to give us an idea of just how

:37:35. > :37:41.difficult that routine is. A really solid start from GB. I think we can

:37:42. > :37:47.breathe a sigh of relief, as well as the rest of Great Britain. That was

:37:48. > :37:52.an anxious wait, two of the boys to get through. No doubt Max and Louis

:37:53. > :37:56.Smith will be in the Olympic pommel horse final. As we have said

:37:57. > :38:03.already, this is the time you have to do it. 7.1 in difficulty.

:38:04. > :38:11.Fantastic stuff. Representing Great Britain. Nile Wilson.

:38:12. > :38:28.We saw him win the European Championships early in the

:38:29. > :38:35.lovely straight Kovacs with full twist.

:38:36. > :39:05.I love the way he does that. Keep focus.

:39:06. > :39:15.He needs to power up and released just right. Up egos, two twists, a

:39:16. > :39:20.beautiful dismount. Well done, we really needed a performance like

:39:21. > :39:24.that at the end of the competition. And he shouts, come on, and so do

:39:25. > :39:31.we. Well done. GB needed you on the high bar. That routine is packed

:39:32. > :39:36.with faculty from start to finish. What I love about this routine, he

:39:37. > :39:43.is totally well-balanced. It is not just the same style of release done

:39:44. > :39:46.in various positions. They have had ups and downs around the

:39:47. > :39:56.competition, but this is qualification. They need to make the

:39:57. > :40:02.top eight and then put those little errors right in the team final. I

:40:03. > :40:11.think this is a piece of apparatus we would expect one of our boys to

:40:12. > :40:20.final and it would be Nile Wilson. The German has the top score on high

:40:21. > :40:24.bars. At the moment the eighth place is 15. He needs a good 15 to have

:40:25. > :40:27.any chance to final. With another round of gymnast to go. Come on.

:40:28. > :40:44.Watch this. At full stretch. There is no

:40:45. > :40:51.deduction for the catching. One hand, and then the other. And look

:40:52. > :41:00.at this. A slight adjustment on the landing. But there you go, come on.

:41:01. > :41:11.Let's wait and see. Has he made it? Wow! What they score. 15.5. A

:41:12. > :41:19.difficulty of seven. That should put in there, I reckon. He is up in

:41:20. > :41:30.second position. He should be safe. I am sure that will be a final. We

:41:31. > :41:37.had a couple of falls. Beth. Britain when first. Max, on his first

:41:38. > :41:44.element came off but got back up and finish the routine cleanly. Chris

:41:45. > :41:48.had a great routine, 14.9. We will not have hacked account Max's score,

:41:49. > :41:57.but for the all-around, they will look at their options. USA finish

:41:58. > :42:03.great. On the rings. They are the top qualifiers in the competition so

:42:04. > :42:08.far with one more round to go. Because of mistakes it meant Great

:42:09. > :42:12.Britain qualified in fifth place for the team final but do not worry,

:42:13. > :42:20.they start from scratch again and there is plenty more in the tank.

:42:21. > :42:23.After wonderful performances, two gymnast in the individual

:42:24. > :42:32.all-around, Wilson and Max Whitlock. Two in the high bar stop they could

:42:33. > :42:36.be fighting it out for the gold medal like they did in the World

:42:37. > :42:40.Championships in Glasgow. Some important, the qualifying day,

:42:41. > :42:44.setting the tone and showing you who will go into the final on the

:42:45. > :42:50.individual apparatus and that is the situation facing Great Britain's

:42:51. > :42:55.women. They are in subdivision three from 6:30pm your time until 8pm and

:42:56. > :42:59.this evening there will be great excitement as we see the first

:43:00. > :43:04.appearance in the Olympic Games, in any Olympic Games of Simone Biles,

:43:05. > :43:09.already a legend of the sport. She did not go to London because she was

:43:10. > :43:14.three months too young. She will take this place by storm. She goes

:43:15. > :43:20.for America this evening. A lot on the go and we will share some seem

:43:21. > :43:25.with you live. We have a question, eventing. We have Pippa Funnell and

:43:26. > :43:35.Kitty King, who will do their tests. William Fox-Pitt, on Chilli Morning

:43:36. > :43:42.was top qualifier yesterday. Here he is, his best mate Chilli Morning. In

:43:43. > :43:48.his fifth Olympics. William is self-deprecating. He has had two

:43:49. > :43:53.silver medals and a bronze medal in the last four Games and he says he

:43:54. > :43:57.has been rubbish so far! Things going very well for him and I am

:43:58. > :43:58.sure even he is delighted. How do they get the horses here?

:43:59. > :44:13.Let's find out. We have five really lovely horses

:44:14. > :44:17.travelling that fit and well and we are looking forward to going out

:44:18. > :44:21.there and see how well they get on in Rio. You think about putting a

:44:22. > :44:26.horse on that aeroplane it seems like an alien concept that they are

:44:27. > :44:33.used to travelling and they are relaxed and I have made sure they

:44:34. > :44:36.are fit and ready to go. This is a particularly interesting flight

:44:37. > :44:41.because of where it is going and who it is for but it is bread-and-butter

:44:42. > :44:45.stuff, not on a daily basis but certainly on a weekly basis.

:44:46. > :44:53.At the moment he is chilled, I think he thinks he's going on the ferry,

:44:54. > :44:57.the only other thing he has been on. He doesn't have any idea what's

:44:58. > :45:02.happening. He has a special compression suit that is going to

:45:03. > :45:07.help him with his muscle recovery. 11 hours 40, plus the standing

:45:08. > :45:10.around before and after, so he could be travelling for 24 hours. It's

:45:11. > :45:15.exhausting for them mentally and physically. I'm struggling with the

:45:16. > :45:19.concept of handing him over to someone. I've been there every step

:45:20. > :45:26.of the way with him, so it's going to be quite hard to say, here's my

:45:27. > :45:30.horse, look after him. He's a young horse, the first time he has flown

:45:31. > :45:37.and he's quite high maintenance, he's definitely a diva. We don't

:45:38. > :45:41.have the resources and support that the big teams like the Brits,

:45:42. > :45:51.Germans and Australians have, so it's important to take 1's ability

:45:52. > :45:56.ourselves. -- take responsibility. Seven years, travelling all over

:45:57. > :46:03.Europe and the world, very relaxed. When we are on the plane with them,

:46:04. > :46:09.they are normally very settled. On the flight, I'll give them water,

:46:10. > :46:14.check they are eating and drinking and look healthy. They have a check

:46:15. > :46:17.before the flight and we check their general health. It is important they

:46:18. > :46:24.don't spend too many hours with their heads held up. Every couple of

:46:25. > :46:29.hours we go in and we feed them off the ground so they have the natural

:46:30. > :46:41.clearance mechanism, it helps them when they travel. There we are.

:46:42. > :46:52.It's loaded, he's in there. I'm happy.

:46:53. > :47:10.you were so good on the flight. The horse has travelled really well, it

:47:11. > :47:16.was a 12 hour flight. It takes that time unload these forces and then we

:47:17. > :47:23.get them to a holding area and we transfer them onto trucks. From

:47:24. > :47:29.there, a convoy to the venue with a police escort, which will be a nice

:47:30. > :47:35.trip. The time difference is only four hours to Brazil, so it's not a

:47:36. > :47:38.lot. Takes a few days to catch up on any rest they might have missed by

:47:39. > :47:41.travelling. STUDIO: Fascinating to see how they get these wonderful

:47:42. > :47:46.animals here and I guess the only thing they have to put up with is a

:47:47. > :47:50.bit of turbulence. Turbulence is one of the ways to describe the

:47:51. > :47:56.conditions at Lagoa today. Yesterday was very choppy, we saw the Serbian

:47:57. > :48:01.pair sinking and there was all sorts of concerns about the quality of the

:48:02. > :48:05.racing area down there. We've been warned by the executive director of

:48:06. > :48:10.the governing body, Matt Smith, that it wasn't right to postponed racing

:48:11. > :48:15.yesterday but they've said it might get worse and indeed it has. Can you

:48:16. > :48:19.fill us in about the conditions now, John, and what we should expect from

:48:20. > :48:23.here on in. Good morning, another glorious

:48:24. > :48:30.morning by the waterside but currently we are told that racing

:48:31. > :48:34.will begin at 9:48am, 42 minutes time, Steve, but I think that's

:48:35. > :48:40.optimistic. They are going to check the course at 10am, to start racing

:48:41. > :48:44.at 10:30am. You can't do that, it takes half an hour for the crew to

:48:45. > :48:49.warm up on the water, so the earliest they will start is 11am.

:48:50. > :48:56.Behind us, right behind us it isn't too bad but it is further down,

:48:57. > :48:59.about halfway, 500 metres, up to 1000, not very pleasant. I saw a

:49:00. > :49:07.roll in from the women's eight and one of the Kiwi boats sunk in

:49:08. > :49:12.training this morning -- rower. It isn't going to happen that soon. But

:49:13. > :49:16.yesterday after the finish, the wind dropped and it was pleasant. Are we

:49:17. > :49:24.talking purely about the wind here? Yes. We are in a valley here, with

:49:25. > :49:27.hills all around us, so the wind, not to sound like a meteorologist,

:49:28. > :49:32.they come swooping down the middle and it can go all over the place.

:49:33. > :49:38.I'm impressed, John. The reality is that yesterday it was heats, you get

:49:39. > :49:44.the repechage, you have a second chance, but today the repechages is

:49:45. > :49:48.happening from yesterday and you could be out. They could get away

:49:49. > :49:53.with it yesterday but not today. Will they race at any time of the

:49:54. > :49:59.day? If it is like this for the next six hours, could we race at the

:50:00. > :50:03.time? Yes, we could. I wouldn't mind actually racing at night as well,

:50:04. > :50:08.when it's gone dark. Every time I've come past this course when it's

:50:09. > :50:14.really dark, it has been like a millpond, so why not? Floodlit

:50:15. > :50:18.rowing, have a word. The light doesn't make any difference, we are

:50:19. > :50:22.going backwards anyway. What a spectacle that would be. For the

:50:23. > :50:26.athletes, it is like being a Manor, you don't know when you are going to

:50:27. > :50:39.bat. Possible that the athletes who are on the water may not know when

:50:40. > :50:46.they are going on -- like being a batsman. There are places locally

:50:47. > :50:51.where they can chill out. That's the big advantage. We have nobody racing

:50:52. > :50:58.in the first hour of racing. So they could be back at the hotel now and

:50:59. > :51:03.then they can get the performance and get ready for that. If you are

:51:04. > :51:07.first, you must be here at the venue. You can't change the format

:51:08. > :51:12.of the event, can you? If we lost today, does it not an one more day?

:51:13. > :51:16.They will start cramming them and putting more races in during the

:51:17. > :51:21.day, you can't cut any races. We have so many different criteria of

:51:22. > :51:27.different conditions, but they are more suited for the man-made two

:51:28. > :51:32.kilometre course, like four years ago. You could have a time trial,

:51:33. > :51:42.the heats, the semifinals other Mac finals as a time trial, racing down

:51:43. > :51:48.one lane -- or finals. If we see any action we should say that Heather

:51:49. > :51:52.Glover and Helen Stanning will be in action and this will be like water

:51:53. > :51:57.off a duck 's back. Water will be coming off their backs in this

:51:58. > :52:02.water! We have them, we have the men's four, the lightweight men's

:52:03. > :52:06.and women's doubles, so that is their first day today so they will

:52:07. > :52:11.be itching to get out, but not in this water at the moment. The wind

:52:12. > :52:16.is blowing but the sun is shining. Looking good, thank you. Alan

:52:17. > :52:21.Campbell, the British scholar said that with the wind coming down from

:52:22. > :52:25.where the statue of Christ the Redeemer is, he said he needed him

:52:26. > :52:33.to open is harm is a little bit more to stop the wind coming up the cause

:52:34. > :52:36.-- sculler. -- open his arms. We are going to see some fencing in a

:52:37. > :52:39.little while. That is one of the core Olympic sports that's been part

:52:40. > :52:44.of every modern Olympics although Great Britain hasn't won a medal in

:52:45. > :52:49.over 50 years. Might be in the shakedown this time, we have three

:52:50. > :52:52.fencers with us. They are brandishing the lightest of the

:52:53. > :52:58.three different sorts available, the foil. The first is going to be

:52:59. > :53:03.Barnet born James Andrew Davies. The force is strong with this man! He

:53:04. > :53:08.got into fencing by playing with his Star Wars light sabre and you could

:53:09. > :53:15.say, why is in the ways of thrust and parry is he. It's a physical

:53:16. > :53:21.game of chess, you can't go on the treadmill and run 100 miles. You

:53:22. > :53:23.can't be a muscleman. You have to be thinking and working, adapt to the

:53:24. > :53:33.athlete you are fencing. I started at four years old,

:53:34. > :53:39.apparently it is my brother's fals, he put on Conan the Barbarian and I

:53:40. > :53:44.fell in love with sword fighting. I aways wanted to be a ninja. You and

:53:45. > :53:49.your opponent, you know, to the death, effectively. Fencing was the

:53:50. > :53:54.nearest thing I could be. You had to make some serious changes to become

:53:55. > :54:01.better? At my heaviest I was 132 kilos and now I am 97-100. I was a

:54:02. > :54:05.good junior, top 16, but to go to the next level I had to lose weight.

:54:06. > :54:11.I knew I wanted to go to the Olympics and to be a champion, it is

:54:12. > :54:16.my dream. Probably two years of hard work, it's wasn't three weeks of

:54:17. > :54:21.crazy dieting. Now I'm one of the fittest on the circuit, I'm a big

:54:22. > :54:27.guy but I can keep going. I can keep moving all day, which is why I have

:54:28. > :54:33.gone to the finals. I'm fresh. From Great Britain, James Davies! It was

:54:34. > :54:36.crazy, preparing for the home Olympics, nobody could tell me what

:54:37. > :54:40.to do because no one had done it. COMMENTATOR: The hopes of the

:54:41. > :54:45.British fencing community resting on James Davies. Very nervous, your

:54:46. > :54:50.first Olympics, you can tell yourself going into it that you know

:54:51. > :54:52.the fencers and referees and format, but you can't prepare for the

:54:53. > :54:59.Olympic Games. Different to anything else. I'm grateful that I've have

:55:00. > :55:03.the experience, going to Rio. One of the top athletes. I've done a lot in

:55:04. > :55:08.four years and a great deal of experience. I thought I would go to

:55:09. > :55:14.Rio and that I wouldn't be phased, that I could deal with it. I look at

:55:15. > :55:18.it as another day. I made it clear with the team, we don't want Rio to

:55:19. > :55:26.be different to any other day, just another tournament, we are doing our

:55:27. > :55:30.job, go home, done. Individual or team medal, how realistic the think

:55:31. > :55:34.it is? It is realistic that we can win a medal in both. We've done

:55:35. > :55:39.fantastic this season individually. No reason we can't do it at the

:55:40. > :55:44.Olympics, it's a one-day event. We've beaten every top team over the

:55:45. > :55:51.two years. Pressure is the biggest thing, who deals with it the best is

:55:52. > :56:01.who's going to win. And we'll see James Andrew Davies on the piste,

:56:02. > :56:06.yes, the piste, shortly, he is due in the fencing arena. He'll do that

:56:07. > :56:14.in a little while but firstly we are going to soak up some of the samba

:56:15. > :56:18.five, talk about beach olive oil -- beachball. It isn't a curiosity

:56:19. > :56:23.here, it has been played in torrential rain in Beijing but this

:56:24. > :56:26.is the spiritual home. This sport might have been invented in

:56:27. > :56:35.California but this is where it belongs. If you look at the end of

:56:36. > :56:42.Copacabana beach, that is the Beach Volleyball Arena you. It is quite

:56:43. > :56:45.simply the hottest ticket in town, literally, 31 degrees and no wonder,

:56:46. > :56:55.Beach Volleyball Arena is simply a way of life in this country.

:56:56. > :57:03.Beach olive or made its Olympic debut in Atlanta in 1996 -- beach

:57:04. > :57:08.volleyball. The US and Brazil have dominated the sport. Matches take

:57:09. > :57:13.place outdoors on the sand court, 16 metres long and eight metres wide.

:57:14. > :57:18.Only two people in the team, and substitutions aren't allowed. The

:57:19. > :57:22.object is to hit the ball over the net, trying to land it on the

:57:23. > :57:26.opponents's side of the court. The team can hit it up to three times on

:57:27. > :57:30.their side of the court before it must be returned. Every point played

:57:31. > :57:35.scores one point and matches are the best of three sets. The first two

:57:36. > :57:39.are played to 21 points and if a third is required, the winner of

:57:40. > :57:45.this set is the first team to reach 15. However the team must win a set

:57:46. > :57:49.by at least two points. There are many different shots, the bumper

:57:50. > :57:54.pass is a shot using your forearms, with hands together to direct the

:57:55. > :58:02.ball. You can set the ball for another player to play the attacking

:58:03. > :58:08.shot. The dig is winnable is saved with any part of the body. A spike

:58:09. > :58:13.is when the ball is struck as an attacking shot. You can block

:58:14. > :58:21.legally as long as you do it with fingers. Preliminary phases sees the

:58:22. > :58:24.teams competing in pools with the top progressing through to the

:58:25. > :58:29.knockout phases in their quest to win a medal. STUDIO: As you'd

:58:30. > :58:36.imagine, this is where is going to be at, at the bottom of Copacabana

:58:37. > :58:42.in the Brazil. We are going to go to see the gold medal favourites, from

:58:43. > :58:54.Brazil, Franca and Antunes, about to get underway against Ukolova and

:58:55. > :58:58.Khomyakova from Russia. A colleague of mine says that as you get further

:58:59. > :59:02.into the day and when it gets cooler, this venue is already the

:59:03. > :59:09.best atmosphere he is experienced at any Olympic Games. So let's get a

:59:10. > :59:15.taste of it, shall we? Introducing for the first time at the Beach

:59:16. > :59:45.Volleyball Arena, from Brazil, Larisa!

:59:46. > :00:05.Larissa does all the scurrying around behind her in the sand.

:00:06. > :00:17.Hoping to go better than London 2012 on home sand.

:00:18. > :00:25.Brazil, in green, serving, Russia, in white, receiving. The best-of-3

:00:26. > :00:51.sets in this encounter on Copacabana Beach.

:00:52. > :00:58.A top swinger from Talita. No surprise Russia have gone after her,

:00:59. > :01:02.even though Larissa is the shorter player. She has so many shots, so

:01:03. > :01:09.difficult to stop. Excellent play. A really good hard

:01:10. > :01:34.hit to the line. Ukolova going across and even though

:01:35. > :01:41.Larissa read it, she could not stop it. A chance for Russia to go 3-1.

:01:42. > :01:59.And they have. This is a perfect start for them. Hammered away by

:02:00. > :02:24.Ukolova. Talita is yet to find her range. Ukolova with the server.

:02:25. > :02:33.A little bit of luck for Brazil. Not apologising for the ball catching

:02:34. > :02:41.the net. It is all part of the game now. An unfortunate circumstance for

:02:42. > :02:48.Russia because it could have ended up landing on Brazil's side as much

:02:49. > :02:52.as Russia's line blocks signalled by Talita which would mean she would

:02:53. > :02:57.try to take away a portion of the line of the net with Larissa sitting

:02:58. > :03:02.at the crosscourt area and chasing down anything that gets rolled to

:03:03. > :03:07.the line. One finger to block line and two

:03:08. > :03:14.fingers to show they will go crosscourt.

:03:15. > :03:15.Russia tried to take Talita way crosscourt and it did not quite

:03:16. > :03:40.work. Larissa was waiting again. She was

:03:41. > :03:44.in the right spot. This time Ukolova hitting across her body, really

:03:45. > :03:47.turning into that one to generate heat. It was too hot for Larissa to

:03:48. > :04:07.handle. Talita is still the target as far as

:04:08. > :04:31.Russia are concerned. Nice work from Brazil. A change-up.

:04:32. > :04:37.They got themselves a block and a point. Talita jumping into the

:04:38. > :04:45.crosscourt with a narrow block but it took away the crosscourt angle.

:04:46. > :04:53.The same call. Look at that, goodness me. That is not something

:04:54. > :04:58.you practise. You do not stand in training sessions say you are going

:04:59. > :05:00.to serve at the top of the net but she got herself two aces from doing

:05:01. > :05:20.exactly that. Another one flirting with the tape.

:05:21. > :05:27.They are the team chasing in this first set. Brazil looking pretty

:05:28. > :05:41.solid. Larissa is yet to make any digs.

:05:42. > :05:56.Unsure as to whether to go into the net, or hang back and defend. Superb

:05:57. > :06:06.views of Copacabana Beach and this spectacular beach volleyball arena.

:06:07. > :06:19.Larissa made her first take and converted, as you would expect. --

:06:20. > :06:27.dig. Teams do not like serving on her and do not like it when she

:06:28. > :06:38.makes a dig because they find it almost impossible to stop her.

:06:39. > :06:46.The block counts as a touch on the beach. Nicely played from Russia,

:06:47. > :06:47.holding their nerve. And from the second time of asking, getting their

:06:48. > :07:15.side out. An example of how good Larissa is.

:07:16. > :07:16.Not trying to hit it hard, just finding a spot on the court where

:07:17. > :07:38.Russia cannot defend it. Tight and a net touch against

:07:39. > :07:40.Russia. The ball heading towards the block, trying to get it away from

:07:41. > :08:14.Talita. Russia called time-out. That was the play, trying to get it

:08:15. > :08:21.away from Talita but followed through and touched the net.

:08:22. > :08:33.The teams are allowed two challenges per set. It means for example if

:08:34. > :08:34.that had gone against Brazil, they could have challenged that decision

:08:35. > :08:45.for net touch. There are four other elements that

:08:46. > :08:48.can be challenged during the game. Whether or not the ball landed in or

:08:49. > :08:57.out, whether or not the ball touched the block, whether it touched the

:08:58. > :08:59.antenna. Whether a player has touched the baseline with their foot

:09:00. > :09:13.when serving. All of which faults. The time-out to Russia a world of

:09:14. > :09:18.good as they have their side out. They do make it look easy. It is

:09:19. > :09:30.about the movement off the ball and how they get into a good position.

:09:31. > :09:35.A good effort from Russia, getting the ball off the sand, but not being

:09:36. > :09:52.able to keep it in play. Talita will server and then come

:09:53. > :09:58.running through to the net, as she is the block in the partnership. She

:09:59. > :10:06.does all the blocking unless they find themselves out of position and

:10:07. > :10:53.the -- her partner has to go into the net.

:10:54. > :11:07.One technical time-out per set, except for the deciding set, if we

:11:08. > :11:09.go that far. Teams are allowed to call a time-out one per set, should

:11:10. > :11:20.they need it. Right now it is a little bit too easy for them. And

:11:21. > :11:37.a tidy side out, again. The ball coming across the body and

:11:38. > :11:43.then rolls it in her shoulder line. The chase was on. Ukolova was just

:11:44. > :11:53.too far away. An ace serve for Brazil. More

:11:54. > :12:20.trouble for Russia. That one is not going to come back.

:12:21. > :12:26.Birlova not moving her feet, certainly not moving them enough to

:12:27. > :12:29.contain the ball. No movement whatsoever. The ball attacked her on

:12:30. > :12:38.the right shoulder and she could not contain it. It is another one. Three

:12:39. > :12:45.aces in a row, a hat-trick for Larissa. They are in full control of

:12:46. > :13:01.the opening set and the home fans are loving it.

:13:02. > :13:08.What a serve, right into the corner. That is not going to come back over.

:13:09. > :13:13.Talita denying Russia, four points in a row. Russia have no time-out

:13:14. > :13:19.left. They will have to try to fight their way out of this one, but they

:13:20. > :13:36.can't at the moment. Talita denies Ukolova.

:13:37. > :13:45.At last Russia have the side out. Breathing room for them. They can

:13:46. > :13:49.try to settle. They are a long way behind. First order of business is

:13:50. > :13:54.not to look at the scoreboard. Just focus on each and every point and

:13:55. > :13:58.what they need to do and how they will get themselves back into it.

:13:59. > :14:07.That was an opportunity. The ball was tight onto the net. Larissa

:14:08. > :14:08.getting the side out. Russia will be thinking, probably should have got

:14:09. > :14:26.hands on that one. The teams will have calls to block

:14:27. > :14:30.line but when it gets tight to the net, you just go for the ball, you

:14:31. > :14:35.have to get your hands on it. There is no point blocking line if it is

:14:36. > :14:40.tight to the net and can be hit hard crosscourt. The same applies

:14:41. > :14:41.indoors. Once it gets close and it is within reach, you have just got

:14:42. > :14:50.to get your hands on the ball. Some justice for Russia as they get

:14:51. > :14:53.themselves the ace surf off the top of the net. It is in favour of

:14:54. > :15:14.Brazil in that department -- serve. It was a good set from Larissa, it

:15:15. > :15:20.was there to be hit by Talita, but she missed it, giving Russia some

:15:21. > :15:34.momentum. Picture perfect set, but not with the hit.

:15:35. > :15:44.Good scrambling, it won't fall kindly for Russia. Didn't go back to

:15:45. > :16:03.Ukolova. Two away from taking the first set, Brazil.

:16:04. > :16:11.Well left by Larissa, unforced error bringing set point for Brazil.

:16:12. > :16:16.Larissa's serving has been sublime, putting it exactly where she's

:16:17. > :16:26.wanted to. She's made Russia moved here and there and everywhere --

:16:27. > :16:32.move. Not something she normally does, I guess she had licensed to do

:16:33. > :16:42.that with six set point is. -- points.

:16:43. > :16:49.They get it done at the first time of asking, easy side out for

:16:50. > :16:59.Larissa, Brazil taking the opening set, 21-14. STUDIO: A good

:17:00. > :17:05.atmosphere despite some empty seats. I'd given it the big build-up! It is

:17:06. > :17:11.still early there. The matches go on after midnight and the Carioca is,

:17:12. > :17:15.the Rio locals preferred the evenings when music and sport come

:17:16. > :17:47.together, and not just at this venue either. -- Cariocas. GUITAR MUSIC.

:17:48. > :18:51.A little musical break, and we're back, volleyball. The gold-medal

:18:52. > :18:56.favourites, the first set is in the bag and this is the best of three.

:18:57. > :19:01.The second one is the first to 21 points and if it goes to the third,

:19:02. > :19:06.it is the first to 15. Back we go to Peter Blackburn.

:19:07. > :19:16.COMMENTATOR: Is one of the dangers when you have that blocking style,

:19:17. > :19:24.your hands across the net, so that one rebounded off from the downward

:19:25. > :19:33.angle. If the hands were across the net it would be a different story.

:19:34. > :19:37.So, Russia breaking straight back, unforced error from Talita, too

:19:38. > :20:23.tight to the net from Larissa. She was voted the best setter on the

:20:24. > :20:28.World Tour in 2006-12 and 2014. The reason she didn't get it in 2013 is

:20:29. > :20:36.because she'd retired but came back in 2014. They have another point,

:20:37. > :20:59.Brazil. Beginning to open up a lead here early on in the second set.

:21:00. > :21:06.That's an interesting view from the overhead. You can see how the

:21:07. > :21:09.players are moving and scrambling. How high the ball is going, not so

:21:10. > :21:29.easy to determine. So good at the high hands defence.

:21:30. > :21:33.Good example of that. Delete and Giuliana, the two players on the

:21:34. > :21:40.World Tour, Giuliana is also from Brazil -- Talita. Good at getting to

:21:41. > :21:43.the net and getting their hands high and then getting back to a position

:21:44. > :21:47.where their partner can play the ball. There's going to be a

:21:48. > :21:58.challenge, our first challenge of the match. Russia are not happy with

:21:59. > :22:06.the decision as it stands. So we are going to see whether the ball

:22:07. > :22:10.touched the block as it went past. As I mentioned, the teams have two

:22:11. > :22:14.challenges and if one is accessible they will keep two but if not, they

:22:15. > :22:27.will lose one and they will have one left. Not so convinced. No touch at

:22:28. > :22:30.all. The net touch with their hair does not count. It's the only part

:22:31. > :22:39.of the body that they can touch the net with. Not a fault. Indoors, and

:22:40. > :22:43.on the beach. Another caveat for the beach, if you jump in the air and

:22:44. > :22:52.the wind blows the net into you, that isn't a fault either.

:22:53. > :23:27.Larissa and Talita, showing their intent this season, picking and

:23:28. > :23:30.choosing their tournaments. They didn't need to qualify for the

:23:31. > :23:35.Games, they are hereby right as hosts. The last event in Switzerland

:23:36. > :23:40.they were the number one seeds, and they finished first as well, putting

:23:41. > :23:50.down a marker for everyone else ahead for the Rio gains. -- Games.

:23:51. > :24:00.The lead at that time going a bit too early with her block. Ukolova to

:24:01. > :24:04.the side, waiting at net. That's quite a skill, seeing the ball

:24:05. > :24:08.coming towards you and taking your eyes off it, looking through the net

:24:09. > :24:09.to see where the defender is and then picking up the ball again and

:24:10. > :24:31.playing your shot. Any part of the ball must catch any

:24:32. > :24:37.part of the line for it to be in. If the ball hits the sand and then the

:24:38. > :24:45.splash of the sand comes up and hits the line, that doesn't count. It

:24:46. > :25:01.must be the ball. Big block again from Talita.

:25:02. > :25:11.Up, and then pressing, and it because that's not because it was

:25:12. > :25:14.hit deep, it was blocked. The catch against Talita as the ball came

:25:15. > :25:34.over, spotted by the second official.

:25:35. > :25:41.Talita remains the target, that's the game plan for Russia, they must

:25:42. > :25:45.try and stop her. It means that Talita is doing twice as much work

:25:46. > :25:50.and Larissa for the most part is running into the net and setting up

:25:51. > :25:54.the ball to allow Talita to attack. Larissa knows she has to be on her

:25:55. > :25:58.game because at any moment, Russia could serve at her, she can't stand

:25:59. > :26:11.there and expect the ball to keep going to delete the entire time. --

:26:12. > :26:21.to Talita. Ukolova is the target for Brazil.

:26:22. > :26:34.Block back for Russia. Birlova getting one against Talita. That's

:26:35. > :26:53.the first block of the game for Russia.

:26:54. > :26:59.Really good swing from Talita, the ball was a bit tight to the net and

:27:00. > :27:08.she came in, opening up the crosscourt angle and Russia, unable

:27:09. > :27:10.to stop it. No movement on the sand to counter the crosscourt angle by

:27:11. > :27:26.Russia. Just catching the line. Russia have

:27:27. > :27:30.the side out. Technical time out, as in the first set, Brazil leading

:27:31. > :27:57.9-12. The spiritual home of beach

:27:58. > :28:06.volleyball and you can see why, Copacabana beach playing host to the

:28:07. > :28:14.Rio Olympic Games. Beach volleyball and it is just superb. Just seem to

:28:15. > :28:41.get better and better with each Olympic Games.

:28:42. > :28:51.Russia, then, with some work to do, trailing as they are in the second

:28:52. > :28:55.set and by one set to zero. They need some rhythm, to try and get

:28:56. > :29:00.back into this one, to get the game into a tie-break if they can.

:29:01. > :29:04.That'll do nicely. Really good work from Russia to get themselves a

:29:05. > :29:20.point from service. Good scramble and a good block out.

:29:21. > :29:29.Incredible how easy Larissa makes it look. She was off the net, having to

:29:30. > :29:40.hit the ball. Russia running to the line so early that for Larissa this

:29:41. > :29:44.was just the easy crosscourt. It's a waiting game on the beach when you

:29:45. > :29:50.are playing defence. Can you wait long enough to see what's happening,

:29:51. > :29:53.are there any tells you can pick up as the Spyker leaves the sand? Or

:29:54. > :29:55.are you just thinking you are going to run, thinking she's going

:29:56. > :30:12.somewhere? Larissa has certain shots she likes

:30:13. > :30:18.to hit, depending on where it is played to her and how high or how

:30:19. > :30:24.flat the set is. She does have a few instinctive place. There are other

:30:25. > :30:34.areas of the court that she never goes to. Still, there is information

:30:35. > :30:39.that you have to assimilate and translate into action in the heat of

:30:40. > :30:41.the moment. It is not that easy to figure out, she is going to go here,

:30:42. > :30:57.based on the set. The opportunity goes begging for

:30:58. > :31:15.Russia, although they have managed to close the deficit.

:31:16. > :31:45.A good call from the Larissa. Well left by Talita.

:31:46. > :31:53.Big hit right down the middle, that is good work for Russia. That is the

:31:54. > :32:04.key area you want to go to when the players break from the net.

:32:05. > :32:27.Oh, dear. The less said about that serve, the better.

:32:28. > :32:52.Trying to go off to litre's hands in the way. -- Talita's hands.

:32:53. > :33:00.That time Larissa was guilty of running to the line very early. It

:33:01. > :33:14.opens up a big space and it is easy to put the ball into it.

:33:15. > :33:58.The angle was too good. Birlova with a lovely shot.

:33:59. > :34:08.The hammer crosscourt brings up match for Brazil. They have played

:34:09. > :34:23.very well throughout this match. Made very few errors.

:34:24. > :34:42.This match point is saved. Now Brazil find themselves in the

:34:43. > :34:51.glorious position of having four opportunities. And they have done

:34:52. > :35:07.it. They take the match by 2-0. A superb performance from Brazil.

:35:08. > :35:18.Russia can have no complaints, they were outplayed and outclassed.

:35:19. > :35:21.Confirmation of the score. Yes, Larissa and Talita, that is

:35:22. > :35:24.their first match of the campaign and they have got two more in the

:35:25. > :35:30.group and they are the gold-medal favourites.

:35:31. > :35:38.We are hearing there will be no racing today because the conditions

:35:39. > :35:44.are not good enough at Lago. How will that knock on because we heard

:35:45. > :35:50.from one of the executive directors? We could possibly lose some

:35:51. > :35:54.repechages later on. How will this work?

:35:55. > :35:58.In the absence of Carol Kirkwood I have got Steve Redgrave to talk

:35:59. > :36:02.about the weather. Is there a likelihood for people who thought

:36:03. > :36:07.they were going to get a second chance that they might not get a

:36:08. > :36:09.chance at all? There is a very slim chance of that and they will be

:36:10. > :36:16.looking at the weather to see if they can get the races back on. The

:36:17. > :36:22.repechages for the men's and the women's singles, because they have

:36:23. > :36:27.quarterfinals, but none of them racing today would have been getting

:36:28. > :36:31.through to the semifinals, but they should be given that chance. They

:36:32. > :36:36.will try every opportunity to do that. There are pages and pages of

:36:37. > :36:41.rules for international rowing and chorus fairness and their are all

:36:42. > :36:46.sorts of different things that come in. It could be when you qualify for

:36:47. > :36:51.a final and coming third in the semifinal and they deem it to be

:36:52. > :36:54.unfair and go to four lanes, you may have qualified for a final, but you

:36:55. > :37:00.may not even get to race because they have reduced it. We know that,

:37:01. > :37:06.it is part of our rules, but it has never happened. There is an ethical

:37:07. > :37:11.dilemma because the governing body of rowing are trying desperately to

:37:12. > :37:16.get more countries involved by Kazakhstan, Algeria and Indonesia.

:37:17. > :37:21.They are inexperienced in the sport and they are the people who will get

:37:22. > :37:26.a second chance in the repechage, but if the weather intervenes they

:37:27. > :37:32.are given the elbow and they are told, tough, mate, you are out. It

:37:33. > :37:36.is contrary to what the governing body is trying to do to make the

:37:37. > :37:43.sport on a wider playing field. Olympic Games is not chosen because

:37:44. > :37:55.of the ways of the course and the stadiums. The international rowing

:37:56. > :38:00.body has to make do. Our showpiece means that we have to deal with

:38:01. > :38:02.whatever we have got and we are an outdoor sports and outdoor sports

:38:03. > :38:07.are affected by the weather and we have to deal with it. If you are

:38:08. > :38:14.thinking what are they moaning about? These pampered rowers. That

:38:15. > :38:20.is what the wind is doing to the lane markers. That is substantial.

:38:21. > :38:26.When you are in a coxless boat and you are going backwards, you have to

:38:27. > :38:31.steer around a bend. That is odd. But in a big lake like this,

:38:32. > :38:36.especially in the middle part when it goes off on a tangent, when the

:38:37. > :38:40.wind comes from that direction, there is a lot of force on the

:38:41. > :38:45.cables and a few have given up. I have seen them go out to relay them

:38:46. > :38:52.all. They have got a lot of work to do in the next 24 hours. Is there a

:38:53. > :38:55.safety element as well? We saw the Serbians go into the water yesterday

:38:56. > :39:02.and one of the New Zealand crew's boat sank today. Do they have a duty

:39:03. > :39:06.of care? Safety comes first and fairness comes after that. It is

:39:07. > :39:12.unlikely anyone will have a serious problem out there, but they cannot

:39:13. > :39:21.row in it. If they cannot row in it, what is the point? The first ever

:39:22. > :39:26.Olympics that rowing was included in 1896 and rowing got cancelled

:39:27. > :39:33.because it blew a gale. In Athens. It was on the Mediterranean will

:39:34. > :39:37.stop not a lot of people know that. We were told the Serbians would get

:39:38. > :39:41.a second chance in the repechage, but they might not. They are putting

:39:42. > :39:47.a lot of faith in the weather forecast. They cancelled it at 10am

:39:48. > :39:51.in the morning our time, but they cannot cancel it all day and they

:39:52. > :39:57.must have reliable forecasts. If they lose a second day, how does it

:39:58. > :40:01.all stack up? To be honest I cannot answer that. They will deal with the

:40:02. > :40:07.situation they have. There are processes. But if you get today

:40:08. > :40:09.number eight and you have only completed one day, the likelihood is

:40:10. > :40:16.the whole thing would be cancelled and that would be a disaster. That

:40:17. > :40:20.would be a disaster for the sport, given the magnificence of the venue.

:40:21. > :40:24.There is the canoeing in the second week of competition and they have to

:40:25. > :40:29.start at a designated time, irrespective of whether the previous

:40:30. > :40:33.event is completed. They have got to put extra lanes out there and they

:40:34. > :40:38.need that day and have to change the course over, so we cannot go on any

:40:39. > :40:44.later than Sunday lunchtime, our last time to go. We can be the first

:40:45. > :40:50.people to suggest that the Olympics might be going into a fourth week!

:40:51. > :40:55.And nobody would mind on this side of the camera. It is likely to get

:40:56. > :41:02.worse because Matt Smith of the governing body said it will be even

:41:03. > :41:06.worse on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. It is fingers crossed and a bit of a

:41:07. > :41:11.waiting game where the weather is concerned. No rowing, and there is

:41:12. > :41:16.only one alternative and that is to get on the fencing piste. Everything

:41:17. > :41:30.you wanted to know, but were afraid to ask. The aim of Olympic fencing

:41:31. > :41:35.is simple, to hit an opponent with a sword without being hit in the

:41:36. > :41:39.process. When a weapon makes contact with the target area, the hit is

:41:40. > :41:42.recorded electronically using wireless technology and point is

:41:43. > :41:50.scored. There are three types of sorts. Epee, foil and Sabre. The

:41:51. > :41:56.first one is a heavy thrusting sword with a stiff, triangular blades.

:41:57. > :42:04.Hits are only scored with the point. But they can be to any part of the

:42:05. > :42:08.body. The foil is the lightest. Points can only be scored with the

:42:09. > :42:14.tip and must land within the target area, the torso. Sabre is similar in

:42:15. > :42:20.length and weight, but offence is able to cut with the blade as well

:42:21. > :42:25.as hit with the point. The target area is from the waist to the top of

:42:26. > :42:30.the head. In foil and sabre the rules of right of way strongly

:42:31. > :42:36.favoured the competitor who attacks first. In the individual knockout

:42:37. > :42:43.competition each bout can last up to three minutes. But if offence makes

:42:44. > :42:47.15 hits before the time expires, the bout finishes. There are three

:42:48. > :42:57.fencers per team and each fencer competes against every fencer from

:42:58. > :43:03.the opposing team. Five hits or three minutes, whichever is sooner

:43:04. > :43:08.and the bout is finished. The score is cumulative so and match will

:43:09. > :43:14.finish when one team reaches 45 hits, or after the ninth bout.

:43:15. > :43:18.Every time I go to Olympics I always try and see a sport I have never

:43:19. > :43:24.seen live and in Beijing I went to see the fencing and it was

:43:25. > :43:28.thrilling. Each piste is spotlit and it is so theatrical and dramatic, I

:43:29. > :43:36.think will enjoy this. Let's hope you will enjoy James Andrew Davies,

:43:37. > :43:45.the Barnetta boy from Great Britain and he is up against a Tunisian.

:43:46. > :43:51.Fingers crossed. We are moments away from the bout.

:43:52. > :44:08.James Andrew Davies on the left of your screen.

:44:09. > :44:30.They were under way. Davis is a left-hander. He grew up in London,

:44:31. > :44:36.but he moved to America. He scored the first hit with a very dynamic

:44:37. > :44:43.attack. He likes to take control. He has arguably the best stop hit in

:44:44. > :44:51.the game because he has brilliant distance judgment. That was another

:44:52. > :44:55.attack from the British fencer. Ferjani likes to keep his blade out

:44:56. > :45:02.of the way. He is quite playful on the piste. But sometimes he does not

:45:03. > :45:15.get into a position to deploy his attack often enough.

:45:16. > :45:26.Picking up a attack in preparation to get off the mark.

:45:27. > :45:37.If you want you to fencing, this is the foil. -- if you are new. The

:45:38. > :45:41.target area is the golden jacket, the lower section, you can see that

:45:42. > :45:47.is the silver, that is why they have a wire that connects the neck

:45:48. > :45:51.section, the bib section of the mask to the rest of the electronic

:45:52. > :45:57.system. The other thing that is important to note, foil is the

:45:58. > :46:00.lightest of the weapons. It is a point weapon, points can only be

:46:01. > :46:05.scored with the tip, and crucially there is a right of way that must be

:46:06. > :46:09.established. You will notice on the screen, occasionally you will see a

:46:10. > :46:16.white light. And then a coloured one, the coloured is on target,

:46:17. > :46:19.White hit is off target. If there is only one light on the box and it is

:46:20. > :46:24.coloured, then generally, if there is no infringement, it will be a

:46:25. > :46:28.point to the fencer who has a light on the box, if you see a white

:46:29. > :46:34.light, it is an off target hit and it could be that bad fencer had the

:46:35. > :46:39.right of way. The right-of-way is basically up to the referee as to

:46:40. > :46:43.who initiated the attack -- that fencer for stock if you are

:46:44. > :46:48.attacked, you have three options, get hit, run away, make the attack

:46:49. > :46:54.mess, or use the blade to parry, and if you do, it is your turn to attack

:46:55. > :46:59.and the other fencer has the same options, it is a game of turns --

:47:00. > :47:07.make the attack Miss. We saw a single white light from Ferjani, a

:47:08. > :47:10.single off target hit. The same for Davis, and when that happens, no

:47:11. > :47:18.points are scored, they reset where they were on the piste. Absolutely,

:47:19. > :47:24.Ferjani, while trailing 5- to hear, he's come up with a bit of a plan to

:47:25. > :47:27.handle Davis, when he goes into the attack, he closes the distance own

:47:28. > :47:35.out that Davis has two operate from a slightly wider distance, he has

:47:36. > :47:47.picked up a couple of parrys and a sharp attacking preparation.

:47:48. > :48:03.-- closes the distance from which Davis has to operate.

:48:04. > :48:11.Davis picks up a stop it but off target, you see the white light

:48:12. > :48:20.coming up next to the caption time, and fight... Davis is motoring

:48:21. > :48:27.through this. He is the world number five. On paper, the favourite for

:48:28. > :48:38.this fight. Ferjani, world number 55. Yes, second Olympic Games for

:48:39. > :48:43.James Andrew Davis. He has recorded some good results

:48:44. > :48:49.since London 2012, he got sixth place in the World Championships in

:48:50. > :48:56.2014. Since the Olympics, he's really up to his level. They were

:48:57. > :48:58.definitely a platform, he became European champion in 2014, the

:48:59. > :49:03.first-ever British fencer to do that. That has given him a great

:49:04. > :49:12.deal of confidence. He has been a winner on the circuit as

:49:13. > :49:17.well. Ferjani is known on the circuit is not only for his fencing

:49:18. > :49:31.but refereeing. He is a fully qualified Grand Prix foil referee.

:49:32. > :49:37.When you see two coloured lights on the box, if you look at the bottom

:49:38. > :49:42.of the screen, if the referee indicates with his hand up, he will

:49:43. > :49:46.tell you which fencer had the right-of-way, and to the point will

:49:47. > :49:54.be awarded to. A blocking counter from Davis, and he is running away

:49:55. > :49:59.with this at the moment. If you are new to fencing, it is three three

:50:00. > :50:04.minute periods, it does not look like it will go to distance because

:50:05. > :50:11.it is the first of 15 points and James Andrew Davis is now 11, so

:50:12. > :50:23.just four away from backing his place into the table of 16. --

:50:24. > :50:37.booking. He will face whoever wins the battle between the double

:50:38. > :50:41.Russian encounter between Timur Safin and Cheremisinov. They are

:50:42. > :50:45.both landing counterattacks, the Tunisian is not doing it enough.

:50:46. > :50:52.That left hand flicking across the body. The coupe to the chest is a

:50:53. > :51:04.masterful hit from the British fencer. Ferjani is established as a

:51:05. > :51:17.right-of-way, that is his attack, and indeed, the umpire has given the

:51:18. > :51:23.hits to Ferjani. These two have not met in the Olympic cycle, but I'm

:51:24. > :51:29.not sure Ferjani has done a lot of fencing aside from this season. He

:51:30. > :51:34.has been too busy refereeing. It seemed he was going off... Very

:51:35. > :51:38.close to that backline. I think you might have been penalised, I think

:51:39. > :51:43.he stepped over the line. It is whether his toes were still on the

:51:44. > :51:53.ground. If he lifted them ever so... No, I think that he's OK. That

:51:54. > :51:57.hatching area is a warning sign of where they are towards the back

:51:58. > :52:02.piste, but the backline is the solid red line at the very back. If you

:52:03. > :52:12.step over with both of your feet, or you're back the tee, -- City, or

:52:13. > :52:21.bring your back forward, you will be penalised. A nice attack from Davis,

:52:22. > :52:25.closing in on victory here. I think one that most people would have

:52:26. > :52:29.expected here, with all due respect to the Tunisian who put up a good

:52:30. > :52:34.fight, landing a few of those counterattacks. 11 seconds, James

:52:35. > :52:39.Andrew Davis is looking to wrap this up in the first period, a final

:52:40. > :52:47.chance to do that. No, we will go to a break, probably. 2.79 seconds. If

:52:48. > :52:54.you are watching fencing in London 2012, you may remember the

:52:55. > :52:59.controversy in the women's epee, one second lasted an extraordinary long

:53:00. > :53:01.time, now they have changed the timing system two hundredths and

:53:02. > :53:08.tenths as well. In the closing ten seconds, the

:53:09. > :53:14.referee has a ring that they where to start and stop the watch. We go

:53:15. > :53:19.into the first of the breaks. Ferjani kind of know is that it will

:53:20. > :53:27.all be over, 14-6 as we go into the break. An interesting history for

:53:28. > :53:39.Ferjani, he phased epee as a junior, on the junior circuit, and switched

:53:40. > :53:45.to say the indices -- switched to save the, and he has since focused

:53:46. > :53:49.on foil. But, he is also a fully qualified referee. It must be

:53:50. > :53:54.difficult for his colleagues to referee over him. At 30 years old

:53:55. > :53:58.now, with all of that experience and all of those different weapons, you

:53:59. > :54:07.will probably make a great coach, if he decides to hang up the blade.

:54:08. > :54:28.Great for the expansion of the sport. Into Tunisia.

:54:29. > :54:35.Well, here we are, the second period, Davis just one it, in the

:54:36. > :54:41.round of 16, struggling to get over the line... Struggling to stay on

:54:42. > :54:44.his feet! Yes. Just crossing the line, Ferjani made it difficult,

:54:45. > :54:50.saying you may have it in the bag but I will make you work for the

:54:51. > :54:59.last hit. A nice attack from Ferjani. If Ferjani can string seven

:55:00. > :55:04.hits together, he will draw level. And go down in record books as the

:55:05. > :55:14.greatest comeback in Olympic history! Davis lands it over the

:55:15. > :55:19.back to take the victory. A very convincing performance from James

:55:20. > :55:26.Andrew Davis. The world number five, progressing through to the next

:55:27. > :55:35.round and he will meet, definitely, a Russian. He is going to go up

:55:36. > :55:40.against Cheremisinov or Timur Safin. But there is the winner, James

:55:41. > :55:44.Andrew Davis, of Great Britain. James Andrew Davis through to the

:55:45. > :55:48.last 16, in the men's foil event, it goes on through the day, they will

:55:49. > :55:50.be awarding gold, silver and bronze as we go towards the end of the

:55:51. > :55:54.evening. Great Britain has another couple of

:55:55. > :55:59.chances, we have Laurence Halsted. Both of his parents incidentally

:56:00. > :56:01.were fences for which Britain at the Olympics, it certainly runs in the

:56:02. > :56:05.family. It is his second Olympic Games, and

:56:06. > :56:09.Richard Kruse, world number six, for whom these are the fourth Olympic

:56:10. > :56:13.Games. There is real strength and depth in

:56:14. > :56:15.the foil squad for Great Britain today.

:56:16. > :56:23.We will keep it in combat mode for you now, yesterday, in the judo, we

:56:24. > :56:29.met Ashley McKenzie from Surrey who went out to his Kazakhstan E

:56:30. > :56:33.opponent. Underlining the quality of his opponent, Smetov went into the

:56:34. > :56:36.final and won the silver medal. Ashley can be proud of his

:56:37. > :56:44.achievements, he went out to a very good fighter.

:56:45. > :56:50.Today we are concentrating on the 66 kilo for men, Oates takes it for

:56:51. > :56:54.Britain today. At the Glasgow Commonwealth Games he won a gold

:56:55. > :57:05.medal. Now, his first bout today is against a Frenchman. Kilian Le

:57:06. > :57:10.Blouch. Colin Oates in blue for Great

:57:11. > :57:16.Britain, making his first appearance here at Rio 2016, facing Kilian Le

:57:17. > :57:20.Blouch of France. These two met each other in November last year, at the

:57:21. > :57:23.Grand Prix in South Korea. It was a traditional contest which went all

:57:24. > :57:31.the way to gold and score after five minutes. It took another five

:57:32. > :57:36.minutes on the golden score for Oates to eventually prevail. --

:57:37. > :57:42.golden score. It's already a penalty against

:57:43. > :57:49.Kilian Le Blouch. That will be a little early benefit for Oates, and

:57:50. > :57:54.early confidence booster. There is an excellent atmosphere inside of

:57:55. > :58:02.the arena. Oates going... Trying to wrap his foot around. He says that

:58:03. > :58:04.this is probably his last chance at an Olympics.

:58:05. > :58:20.Reaching the quarterfinals of London 2012. Relatively evenly matched in

:58:21. > :58:25.his opponent in this opening round. Trying to turn Oates there.

:58:26. > :58:29.It's about getting the grip, particularly in these opening

:58:30. > :58:33.exchanges. Feeling each other, trying to get grip and momentum, and

:58:34. > :58:36.the hold that can enable you to turn your opponent and get them on their

:58:37. > :58:46.backs. And get the ippon that will end this

:58:47. > :58:52.contest. Oates, looking to try to bring that leg in between the legs

:58:53. > :58:57.of Le Blouch. Now, looking to see if he can pin him down, get a hold on

:58:58. > :59:04.the floor, if you get your opponent onto your back and hold them... Le

:59:05. > :59:16.Blouch is struggling a little, Oates is trying to get the lock. The

:59:17. > :59:20.referee resets the proceedings, 40 seconds gone, this lasts for five

:59:21. > :59:25.minutes and then it goes to the golden score, if the score is level

:59:26. > :59:32.at that point, but that penalty will count against Le Blouch. If the

:59:33. > :59:37.score stays at how it is now, he goes through. It is the second round

:59:38. > :59:45.of this contest in 2016, Oates did not fight in the first round, only

:59:46. > :59:54.four fighters did. Nobody has really established too much of a sway on

:59:55. > :59:57.this contest yet. Once again, he is looking for small exposures in the

:59:58. > :00:03.middle, that is what you need to do, he is not getting the necessary

:00:04. > :00:06.purchase, like in November last year, these two fought, Oates had an

:00:07. > :00:12.attacking advantage but could not converted into the move he needed to

:00:13. > :00:16.win it, it was ten or 12 minutes in the end, extremely long and

:00:17. > :00:30.drawn-out contest. We could see that again today.

:00:31. > :00:52.We are more than halfway through normal time.

:00:53. > :01:09.A lot of strategy. Le Blouch is a little shorter. It affects your

:01:10. > :01:17.height and your reach. A penalty against each of our two athletes for

:01:18. > :01:20.passivity, non-conductivity. That was the motion explained by the

:01:21. > :01:33.referee. Certainly Le Blouch is trying to

:01:34. > :01:42.pick this up now. He is down by two penalties to one. Oates will be

:01:43. > :01:43.happy with this. Le Blouch will increasingly start to come at Oates

:01:44. > :02:02.now. Colin Oates is matching Le Blouch.

:02:03. > :02:06.Sacrifice technique, dropping himself to the floor first in a bid

:02:07. > :02:19.to throw Le Blouch over the top. Could not get the purchase.

:02:20. > :02:34.Oates can maybe look to use this to his advantage. Le Blouch seems to be

:02:35. > :02:40.appealing to the referee. Oates trying to get that purchase to pin

:02:41. > :02:58.Le Blouch down. He has lost that. And the clock ticks down.

:02:59. > :03:07.That has levelled the scores. A penalty for non-conductivity for

:03:08. > :03:13.Oates. We could now go into golden score. You will see the clock

:03:14. > :03:19.ticking away. The gong in the background sounds. Oates was not

:03:20. > :03:25.impressed with that. He was so close to going through in his first

:03:26. > :03:33.attempt. We will go to golden score, just as we did the last time these

:03:34. > :03:40.two opponents met. Colin Oates has not lost to macro to. That has not

:03:41. > :03:50.lost to Kilian Le Blouch. A golden score means any penalty,

:03:51. > :04:24.any score, will win this contest. He tried to get that turn, Oates, he

:04:25. > :04:28.could not do anything with it. There is no time limit in the golden

:04:29. > :04:33.score, so this will go until somebody does something. Again that

:04:34. > :04:42.same manoeuvre by Le Blouch. Oates seems to be wise to it. He is trying

:04:43. > :04:48.to go inside his thigh to give him purchase. At the moment these two

:04:49. > :04:56.are cancelling each other out almost entirely. However, a penalty has

:04:57. > :05:01.been awarded against Colin Oates. You can see from his face that he is

:05:02. > :05:05.livid about that. There is nothing he could do about it. It is down to

:05:06. > :05:11.the officials to award penalties. By virtue of that Kilian Le Blouch goes

:05:12. > :05:18.through. It was the opposite the last time they met after an

:05:19. > :05:23.incredibly attritional fight. Here at 2016, by virtue of penalties,

:05:24. > :05:28.with no one really registering any score, Kilian Le Blouch goes

:05:29. > :05:40.through. Colin Oates is out of Rio 2016.

:05:41. > :05:47.So, that is the situation at the judo and it has been a pretty wild

:05:48. > :05:53.old stay here already and we have lost rowing completely. To underline

:05:54. > :05:59.how difficult the conditions are, let me show you what is happening

:06:00. > :06:04.outside with the weather. You could not call this a cooling breeze. It

:06:05. > :06:09.is considerably windy and it is whistling in off the Atlantic. We

:06:10. > :06:15.have got cloud coming in over Sugarloaf Mountain. It is fantastic

:06:16. > :06:21.if you are lapping it up at the beach, but if you are rowing, it is

:06:22. > :06:26.not good at all. A lot of our focus will be on indoor sport until we get

:06:27. > :06:32.live to the road racing. We hope Lizzie Armistead will be going for

:06:33. > :06:39.gold. If you want a bit of inspiration if you are over 40

:06:40. > :06:44.something, one athlete from Uzbekistan should provide you with

:06:45. > :06:50.that. At 41 years of age she is the first gymnast ever to appear in

:06:51. > :06:55.seven games. She is a gymnast and is competing against 16-year-olds. Amy

:06:56. > :07:00.Tinkler of Great Britain is the youngest in our team. This is a

:07:01. > :07:06.woman who won a gold for the unified team of Russia in 1992 and she is

:07:07. > :07:38.still going strong in her 40s on his specialist event, the vault.

:07:39. > :07:43.One of the twists, a good, solid vault. She is a very athletic

:07:44. > :08:40.gymnast. And very athletic, powerful gymnast.

:08:41. > :08:53.She got the difficulty. You can tell she is happy with that. The turn on

:08:54. > :09:03.created the two twists. The half turn on and the somersault of the

:09:04. > :09:06.top was first done by the male gymnast named sukohara. Basically

:09:07. > :09:27.that is the sukohara vault. We will not know whether she has got

:09:28. > :09:30.through to the final until later because the qualification for the

:09:31. > :09:38.women's event goes right through the day and Great Britain is in those in

:09:39. > :09:43.the early part of evening. Great to see that she is still going strong,

:09:44. > :09:58.it is remarkable, she is an inspiration.

:09:59. > :10:12.There is also an activity area and you can ask us questions on our

:10:13. > :10:16.social media. Maybe you can inspire someone else to give something a

:10:17. > :10:21.try. Now we are passing the batter over to you. Get inspired and get

:10:22. > :10:26.active. In road cycling we are passing the

:10:27. > :10:31.baton metaphorically speaking between the men's event to the

:10:32. > :10:37.women's event today. Yesterday saw an absolute brute of a race, 150

:10:38. > :10:43.miles of racing around this fabulous city. It showcased the city

:10:44. > :10:49.beautifully, telegenic or what? But it was very tough indeed. We will be

:10:50. > :10:54.speaking to Geraint Thomas, who, if you saw it, you will know he was

:10:55. > :11:02.right in the thick of it until the final descent. If you did not see

:11:03. > :11:06.it, let's remind you what happened. Chris Froome is alongside Vincent

:11:07. > :11:14.neighbourly, the favourite. And the men's race is under way. Chris

:11:15. > :11:21.Froome stops at the side of the road. A change of bicycle for the

:11:22. > :11:27.Tour de France winner. What a position for Great Britain to

:11:28. > :11:32.be in, what a position for the Italians to be in.

:11:33. > :11:36.A great ride by Geraint Thomas, a lung busting effort. Chris Froome is

:11:37. > :11:40.trying to make that junction, but it is not happening for him.

:11:41. > :11:48.There is a crash and Vincenzo Nibali is down.

:11:49. > :11:50.One lone biker is out at the front alone.

:11:51. > :11:53.And Geraint Thomas crashes out of the Olympic games on the final

:11:54. > :11:55.descent. The race is finally approaching

:11:56. > :12:11.Copacabana. And Greg Van Avermaet is the Olympic

:12:12. > :12:15.champion. It was a brilliant day for Belgium

:12:16. > :12:21.and not so much for the British boys. It was a fantastic team effort

:12:22. > :12:26.and Geraint Thomas finished 11th and Chris Froome in 12th. We hope to

:12:27. > :12:34.speak to Geraint Thomas, who lost a bit of skin in that fall, head of

:12:35. > :12:38.Lizzie Armistead and Emma Pooley and their descent and their challenge in

:12:39. > :12:44.the women's road race which gets under way at about quarter past four

:12:45. > :12:50.in the UK. We are back and forward, inside and out, and today, and we

:12:51. > :12:53.are going back to the fencing because we saw James Andrew Davies,

:12:54. > :12:59.the first of the three British competitors. Next to go is Laurence

:13:00. > :13:16.Halstead. His mum and dad are Olympians in this spot and he is up

:13:17. > :13:53.Chen is a super emotional fencer. He has a very deep on guard position.

:13:54. > :14:02.He gets on the front foot immediately and he likes to attack.

:14:03. > :14:10.He is very disruptive in defence. Halstead is quite an attacking

:14:11. > :14:16.fencer as well. Happy to use the full length of the piste. He has got

:14:17. > :14:21.great closing counterattacks. We expect this one to go up and down,

:14:22. > :14:28.end to end stuff, to borrow a footballing analogy. Chen takes

:14:29. > :14:34.another point. It is the first to 15 in fencing. It is three three-minute

:14:35. > :14:40.bouts with a one-minute rest in between the periods. I suspect this

:14:41. > :14:46.one may not go the distance if they carry on at this pace. This will be

:14:47. > :14:51.frenetic. At the moment it is Chen who has started the better, getting

:14:52. > :14:58.a couple of close distance hits. Halstead feels he picked up the

:14:59. > :15:04.right of way. The referee has given nothing, not able to separate them.

:15:05. > :15:09.Sometimes it is difficult to see it on the replay.

:15:10. > :15:16.If you are new to fencing, just one coloured light comes on and there is

:15:17. > :15:20.a good chance that will be an infringement, a hitch to the fence

:15:21. > :15:28.that gained the coloured light. If there are two that come on, and both

:15:29. > :15:31.fencers head on target, that's another single for Chen Haiwei, if

:15:32. > :15:36.two come on, the referee must decide whose turn it was to attack and who

:15:37. > :15:42.had the right of way. If a non-coloured light comes on, off

:15:43. > :15:50.target, that is a hit off target and you may just, if it was your turn,

:15:51. > :15:55.it will reset at the point they left off. Chen Haiwei is absolutely

:15:56. > :16:00.flying away with this one. What can Halsted do to get back into this? He

:16:01. > :16:04.is trying to find his para passed, it is not working against the

:16:05. > :16:09.left-hander. He has to change the line of the riposte or go on the

:16:10. > :16:20.attack himself. A good start from Chen Haiwei. Halsted goes out on the

:16:21. > :16:25.attack. As you put it, he had the attack but as an off target light,

:16:26. > :16:36.no hits scored, they reset from where they scored the off target

:16:37. > :16:45.hit. Another one for Chen Haiwei, taking it to 7-0. Going around that

:16:46. > :16:51.line on the outside, it's just not working for Halsted. Chen Haiwei has

:16:52. > :16:55.this one sorted at the moment. Top Halsted has to change lines, Chen is

:16:56. > :16:59.doing a great job. A super attack from the British answer to get off

:17:00. > :17:21.the mark, and that will settle his nerves.

:17:22. > :17:33.Does that hit... Will it be awarded? I think Halsted is changing his

:17:34. > :17:39.weapon, as we see this replay. He has indeed, asking to change his

:17:40. > :17:40.weapon, he must surrender the other to the referee, Chen is tightening

:17:41. > :18:01.his weapon. It looks like no hits given. It is

:18:02. > :18:05.possible in foil to make up a big difference. If you just work out

:18:06. > :18:13.your opponent. Halsted has to do that now. He has to get some points

:18:14. > :18:17.on the board. He certainly does. You can see the technician coming out,

:18:18. > :18:22.the official timekeeper. That is a good shot of the equipment the

:18:23. > :18:34.fencers are carrying on their backs. That is to basically make this

:18:35. > :18:39.wireless system work. So, a bit of magic dust, sprinkled onto the

:18:40. > :18:45.equipment. And everything is working again. It is Chen of China,

:18:46. > :18:51.dominating this round of 32 fight against Laurence Halsted of Great

:18:52. > :18:57.Britain. A nice stop it, but he did not evade the Chinese attack. That

:18:58. > :18:59.will be given as off target -- stop hit.

:19:00. > :19:05.And the power riposte works for the Brit.

:19:06. > :19:10.Halsted. Five points down. If he can get back into it, it could be

:19:11. > :19:15.another. Yes, it is. Just finding the distance now. Look out for

:19:16. > :19:22.Halsted, when he gets on a roll, he can be tricky to stop. But Chen was

:19:23. > :19:27.ready, opening up the distance and very clever, you have to adapt your

:19:28. > :19:35.tactics all the time and respond to how your opponent is working you

:19:36. > :19:47.out. Another point for Halsted. Closing it to four. 15 is the

:19:48. > :19:51.target. As the time runs out, I don't think this one will go the

:19:52. > :19:56.full distance. I wager that we should get to the break the way that

:19:57. > :20:03.Halsted has got into the fight, but Chen is looking very strong...

:20:04. > :20:08.Picking up, the referee gives that want Chen as well. Just getting the

:20:09. > :20:15.measure of the Brit at the moment -- gives that one to Chen as well.

:20:16. > :20:22.Chen, so deep in the honour guard position. As he steps in, if the

:20:23. > :20:30.attack is parried, years closing the opportunity to hit his target down.

:20:31. > :20:32.And get his point on Halsted's target. Halsted is landing a lot of

:20:33. > :21:02.these continuations. That said, another one for Halsted

:21:03. > :21:06.he has his work come out. -- cutout. I don't think Chen is yet in top

:21:07. > :21:17.gear, he is winning the tactical battle. It's my way or the highway.

:21:18. > :21:21.For Laurence Halsted right now. He could be turning it around... He

:21:22. > :21:26.missed it on the attack then, Chen missed on his counter and it was a

:21:27. > :21:31.continuation for Halsted that got him his seventh hit. Back within

:21:32. > :21:37.three, this is on the first one. Halsted thinks that it is his. It

:21:38. > :21:44.is! Just two points in it. Halsted, pouring his way back in to the

:21:45. > :21:47.match. I think that Chen has called for a video replay.

:21:48. > :21:52.The referee called it as a carbon copy of the last hit. It misses from

:21:53. > :22:10.Halsted, Chen Mrs on the counter. I think that the referee will stick to

:22:11. > :22:15.his decision. -- Chen misses. Now that things have got tighter, Chen

:22:16. > :22:29.seems to be breaking the fight up a bit. He does not want to get the

:22:30. > :22:34.juggernaut of Halsted rolling... The referee questioned on whether the

:22:35. > :22:45.riposte came while Chen was on the piste. This was a perfectly valid

:22:46. > :22:52.hits... So close together, Chen has two left his arm up almost behind

:22:53. > :22:59.his head in order to allow the foil to hit on target. So fast from Chen

:23:00. > :23:10.there. Less than one minute to go before

:23:11. > :23:16.the first break. Chen has accelerated away. Yes, a mini

:23:17. > :23:27.revival from Halsted but Chen has stepped on the gas. The defence here

:23:28. > :23:31.from Chen is absolutely solid, he is lowering Halsted into finishing the

:23:32. > :23:34.attack and picking up whilst he still has to recover from dealer and

:23:35. > :23:41.should. A nice reply from Halsted but he cannot afford any mistakes,

:23:42. > :23:54.and you had to say that Chen has one fit into the round of 16 here. --

:23:55. > :24:00.recover from that lunge. 15 seconds left in this first

:24:01. > :24:10.period. Chen will want to see this out. There it is. Chen over China

:24:11. > :24:16.defeating Laurence Halsted of Great Britain, and he moves through to the

:24:17. > :24:21.next round. Disappointing for Laurence Halsted,

:24:22. > :24:25.one more British answer to go, and that is Richard Kruse, the four-time

:24:26. > :24:36.Olympian, in this foil. He will be up at about 3:30pm. Now, we have

:24:37. > :24:41.only done 2.5 hours of this programme and have done ten sports!

:24:42. > :24:44.We are getting about a bit, you might say, the rowing has been

:24:45. > :24:48.cancelled, we were going to go there to see some of it but it means that

:24:49. > :24:53.we have had a huge variety of sport and will mix it up more... It gives

:24:54. > :24:56.us the opportunity to go to the table tennis venue.

:24:57. > :24:59.23-year-old Liam Pitchford from Chesterfield is in his second

:25:00. > :25:02.Olympic Games. In London he made it in the team

:25:03. > :25:07.event but this time he's codified in his own right for the men's singles.

:25:08. > :25:10.He has had some luck as he manages to get a bye into round two --

:25:11. > :25:16.qualified. This is his first action in the Rio

:25:17. > :25:20.Olympics, he is up against his Uzbekistan opponent.

:25:21. > :25:25.The best of seven games, we are already in the fifth, Liam is up

:25:26. > :25:43.3-1. Simon Reed and Paul Hand are your commentators.

:25:44. > :25:47.COMMENTATOR: Liam could have got away with murder, he put that one up

:25:48. > :25:59.too hi. -- too high. It's a very healthy

:26:00. > :26:22.start to this game. It looks like a time-out here. It

:26:23. > :26:28.might have been him or his coach, it was a good idea. They are trying to

:26:29. > :26:33.PSP momentum bubble that Liam has built here, he has an emphatically.

:26:34. > :26:37.This is what it is all about, can Kenjaev win the first point after

:26:38. > :26:45.this 60 seconds stalling, if you will? You get one per match in this

:26:46. > :26:55.race to four games. He is up against it. You can see the fire burning in

:26:56. > :27:02.his eyes in that third game. He looked a little disconsolate in that

:27:03. > :27:19.run of points against him. Can he dig himself out of this hole?

:27:20. > :27:23.Phenomenal acceleration of the backhand, it's a pattern of play

:27:24. > :27:28.we've become used to with Liam Pitchford. You never gets tired of

:27:29. > :27:41.seeing it. He's unusually tall, Liam Pitchford,

:27:42. > :27:46.for a table tennis player, an elite player, not unknown but unusual. You

:27:47. > :27:50.had to stay so low, he does that. Keeping the angle in his knees,

:27:51. > :27:53.allowing him to accelerate out of there.

:27:54. > :28:04.He is very good at uncoiling his shoulders against his hips. A ground

:28:05. > :28:07.reaction force. All going away in a rush for

:28:08. > :28:35.Kenjaev. One last effort, and it is going to

:28:36. > :28:45.be an enormous ask, to come back from this.

:28:46. > :28:50.Liam is doing very well to keep the foot on the throttle and show us his

:28:51. > :29:03.front running skills. CHEERING Not taking anything for granted

:29:04. > :29:34.here... Getting a little ahead of himself,

:29:35. > :29:41.mistakes are beginning to come. Moo dwindling, it is still four points

:29:42. > :29:45.the cushion -- mood. He has an ever dangerous presence. Showing a lot of

:29:46. > :30:06.spirit, Kenjaev. Now, is that the one that broke the

:30:07. > :30:17.camel's back? Supercool, rewarded with six match points.

:30:18. > :30:27.Very impressive! A dangerous opponent, Kenjaev, already with a

:30:28. > :30:30.win under his belt. For a while, in the second and third game

:30:31. > :30:34.particularly, it seemed he was going to cause a real problem for Liam

:30:35. > :30:39.Pitchford. But the man from Chesterfield is holding firm and in

:30:40. > :30:42.the end, he winning with some comfort for- one.

:30:43. > :30:48.Sometimes it is difficult to see it on the replay.

:30:49. > :30:54.And Liam Pitchford is through and his next match will be at midnight

:30:55. > :31:01.your time and it is great to see him in his first match in an Olympics

:31:02. > :31:07.competition. Paul Drinkhall will be in action at 7:30pm your time. We

:31:08. > :31:11.are about 45 minutes away from the start of the women's road race and

:31:12. > :31:19.we are expecting another dramatic race, not just because of the wind

:31:20. > :31:22.today. We are extremely relieved to see alongside Jill Douglas Geraint

:31:23. > :31:28.Thomas. He looks none the worse for wear, how is he doing?

:31:29. > :31:31.He was able to cycle to the village down to Copacabana today, so no real

:31:32. > :31:38.ill effects after that horrible crash yesterday. How are you

:31:39. > :31:43.feeling? A bit sore, but I felt a lot better after a spin this

:31:44. > :31:47.morning, but I have had worse. You have ridden the tour with a broken

:31:48. > :31:51.pelvis and all sorts of issues, but it looked pretty painful on the

:31:52. > :31:58.descent when you came off yesterday. It was a very tough course. Yes, it

:31:59. > :32:04.was. Six hours of racing and for me to crash on the last corner is more

:32:05. > :32:09.mentally hard to take rather than physical. It was a massive shame

:32:10. > :32:14.because I was there, ready to fight for the win. It was a massive

:32:15. > :32:22.disappointment. I guess that is bike racing as they say. At least I was

:32:23. > :32:26.fortunate not to do any real damage. The British team had so many cards

:32:27. > :32:30.to play, but wrote a fantastic race. You could not have done any more to

:32:31. > :32:36.give yourselves the best chance of a medal. We were right in there and we

:32:37. > :32:42.rode just as we wanted to as we said in the meeting. It was all going to

:32:43. > :32:48.plan like I say until maybe ten kilometres to go. That dissent is

:32:49. > :32:53.super dodgy. It is twisty and the road is uneven, so any little

:32:54. > :33:00.mistake and you pay the price. Yes, it was tough. Having gone down it

:33:01. > :33:03.twice, was it the case of fatigue setting in? But then you also

:33:04. > :33:09.realised it was a medal winning chance? Yes, you are racing for the

:33:10. > :33:15.win and you have been on the bike for six hours and everyone is

:33:16. > :33:20.fatigued and tired. Just a small mistake and you pay the price on a

:33:21. > :33:25.descent like that. At least you are able to give the women's team an

:33:26. > :33:29.idea of what to expect. I talked to Dan Martin and he said the camber of

:33:30. > :33:36.the descent makes it even more difficult. Yes, it is really uneven.

:33:37. > :33:40.I went into the corner a bit fast and the back wheel slipped out on

:33:41. > :33:45.the small bombs and that threw me off my bike. Today it looks quite

:33:46. > :33:52.misty as well and it could be a bit damp. Yes, it will be interesting.

:33:53. > :33:57.You are not even sure if your Olympics are over at this stage, is

:33:58. > :34:01.that right? At the moment we have got one place in the time trial

:34:02. > :34:06.which Chris Froome is writing, but we may get a second spot.

:34:07. > :34:11.Potentially I will get a start in that, so at the moment I am delaying

:34:12. > :34:16.my holiday for a few days just in case. You would love to get a ride

:34:17. > :34:21.in that time trial and you are very fortunate not to have done more

:34:22. > :34:26.damage. Look at Vincent Nibley and Richie Port, there were some nasty

:34:27. > :34:33.incidents. A lot of guys crashed and it is not normal for pro racing,

:34:34. > :34:36.especially for everyone to be crashing on the same descent,

:34:37. > :34:41.especially when you have done it three times already. It shows how

:34:42. > :34:46.technical and dangerous it was. I am very fortunate not to have broken

:34:47. > :34:51.anything. But it still does not quite numb the pain of not being

:34:52. > :35:00.able to go for the win. Yes, I guess we were there, that we did not quite

:35:01. > :35:06.do it. You rode a really strong hard Tour de France and you animated the

:35:07. > :35:10.racing in London and then you came here and you were riding really

:35:11. > :35:15.hard, you have all got the legs. How do you think Chris Froome will go

:35:16. > :35:22.into the time trial? The time trial suits him more than a one-day race.

:35:23. > :35:27.He has got good form, like you say. It is all to play for and he has a

:35:28. > :35:32.great chance of getting a medal. Yes, it is a tough one. I think rain

:35:33. > :35:37.is forecast as well and that will add another element to the day, but

:35:38. > :35:42.he has got a great chance. It is very windy today and we saw one or

:35:43. > :35:51.two of the guys struggling in the crosswinds yesterday. How do you

:35:52. > :35:58.think it will go today? I rode from the village and around the corner

:35:59. > :36:02.barriers are being blown over. It switches straightaway. Like I say on

:36:03. > :36:05.the cobbles and the dodgy descent along with all the climbing, it will

:36:06. > :36:12.be an exciting race to watch that is for sure. You are flying home after

:36:13. > :36:16.Wednesday whether you ride the time trial, so you will not be able to

:36:17. > :36:24.watch your friends in the pursuit. How do you think they will do? You

:36:25. > :36:30.have a double Olympic champion in that event. I hope they will win,

:36:31. > :36:33.but not get the world record because that is my estimation mark but I

:36:34. > :36:39.have been with them in the village and they are all in good spirits and

:36:40. > :36:43.they have got a great chance. It has gone really well training wise. I

:36:44. > :36:51.will be watching, just back in the UK on the BBC. When you look at

:36:52. > :36:57.Bradley Wiggins who has won the tour and being a world champion and an

:36:58. > :37:04.Olympic champion in the time trial and to switch back to the track, how

:37:05. > :37:08.do you think they view him? They have got a lot of respect for him,

:37:09. > :37:13.to see how he progressed so quickly and win the tour and to go back to

:37:14. > :37:18.what he is doing, it is so specific now, it is almost a different spot.

:37:19. > :37:21.They are in the gym and doing triple power sessions and it is completely

:37:22. > :37:28.different even to when I was doing it four years ago. It is impressive

:37:29. > :37:36.to see the change in body types and everything, really. Winning the tour

:37:37. > :37:41.is completely different to trying to win the team pursuit. It is

:37:42. > :37:50.impressive, I hope they do the job. What is your plan now? Is it the

:37:51. > :37:55.goal now too may be for yourself? Or do you see yourself going back to

:37:56. > :37:59.the track? Being with the boys in the village I definitely want to go

:38:00. > :38:05.back to the team pursuit. But I do not want to do all the hard yards in

:38:06. > :38:09.November and December. The next few years just to try and keep

:38:10. > :38:17.progressing in stage racing, but also races like this, the classics,

:38:18. > :38:22.one-day races as well. I want to think about myself in the future and

:38:23. > :38:25.try and make the most of it. We might see you on Wednesday. Maybe,

:38:26. > :38:31.hopefully. Thank you very much. Thanks to Jill

:38:32. > :38:37.and thanks to Geraint Thomas and great to see him in one piece. I am

:38:38. > :38:42.sure he will be willing on Lizzie Armistead and Emma Pooley who will

:38:43. > :38:49.be lining up in the road race in the next 40 minutes. The start time is

:38:50. > :38:58.quarter past four with you at home. In our little cornucopia of sport

:38:59. > :39:04.and I know turning to Rugby sevens. The key match is between Canada and

:39:05. > :39:10.Great Britain and the top two in each group will go through. There is

:39:11. > :39:14.a big match in group B and it features New Zealand against France.

:39:15. > :39:19.Sonny Bill Williams' sister is playing for New Zealand and I wonder

:39:20. > :39:25.if she is as brave as he is. I bet she is. Let's go to the company of

:39:26. > :39:35.Sir Clive Woodward and Eddie Butler. Unbeaten France against unbeaten New

:39:36. > :39:54.Zealand. This is to win the group. The formidable women of New Zealand

:39:55. > :39:58.in possession. One of the stars yesterday was McAllister. Just the

:39:59. > :40:16.sheer athleticism of McAllister. They will be looking to feed Woodman

:40:17. > :40:27.on the outside should they need her, but they do not. The threat is not

:40:28. > :40:37.just wide outside. It is everywhere with this New Zealand team. That is

:40:38. > :40:42.Kelly Brazier in full flight. I had a quick chat with the coach and he

:40:43. > :40:52.said they had to keep the momentum going. They dispatched Spain and

:40:53. > :41:00.Kenya and looked amazing last evening, but the French women will

:41:01. > :41:06.be a tough opposition. That they are already showing just what an amazing

:41:07. > :41:13.group New Zealand is. You talk about Woodman and McAllister, but Kelly

:41:14. > :41:21.Brazier... It is a pleasure to watch this team from New Zealand and

:41:22. > :41:29.everything they do. There is a good chance that who ever loses between

:41:30. > :41:35.Team GB and Canada will play France. We are assuming France come second

:41:36. > :41:39.to this very good New Zealand team. Permutations, permutations. That was

:41:40. > :41:42.a good switch of direction. France will have the line-out. New Zealand

:41:43. > :41:57.have a strong wind at their backs. The strong wind makes it far more

:41:58. > :41:58.difficult. The French will be disappointed they did not collect

:41:59. > :42:17.that from the restart. The French women are not used to

:42:18. > :42:42.doing line-outs in this very strong wind.

:42:43. > :42:54.Not quite unstoppable, but such a threat. And the strength across the

:42:55. > :43:08.board. Breanna Manuel, so strong, so fast. She did very well, Manuel. The

:43:09. > :43:12.French women are trying to defend against this team, but you look up

:43:13. > :43:32.and you see Kelly Brazier, Woodman and McAllister.

:43:33. > :43:49.Brilliant conversion. Both these teams are guaranteed a place in the

:43:50. > :43:53.last eight, the knockout stages. France will play the loser between

:43:54. > :44:01.Team GB and Canada. That is a big game for all of us to watch. Again a

:44:02. > :44:27.sudden switch. Did they take Woodman on the

:44:28. > :44:30.outside? That was perhaps not the wisest choice. This is New Zealand

:44:31. > :44:43.in defensive mode, just as aggressive. You can tell a team's

:44:44. > :44:48.quality the way they defend. These New Zealand women are putting an

:44:49. > :44:57.some very big hits on the French women. There is Woodman, she has to

:44:58. > :45:19.be careful. The New Zealand team are world-class

:45:20. > :45:22.athletes. When you think it could not become any more aggressive, on

:45:23. > :45:39.comes Baker. Into the front row. Gayle Broughton is in the centre,

:45:40. > :45:42.they have taken off Kayla McAlister. In the defence of the New Zealand

:45:43. > :45:53.women, that was first class. Let's see what they can do from the set

:45:54. > :46:07.piece scrum. The first touch for Broughton. Portia Woodman... Dear oh

:46:08. > :46:16.dear, cannot stop her at all! Absolute elegant violence! A good

:46:17. > :46:22.call, I think, from the New Zealand women's coach, she had not had much

:46:23. > :46:26.same time in the first two games yesterday, they brought her on early

:46:27. > :46:32.to give Kayla McAlister a rest, they have put her on and she puts a

:46:33. > :46:37.wonderful pass into Portia Woodman, she always runs at the opposition

:46:38. > :46:43.and they fade out. A very difficult lady to defend, a wonderful athletic

:46:44. > :46:56.skill to get her out. Off the post. A conversion does not count. It's

:46:57. > :47:03.interesting, when you play the top two teams, clearly New Zealand

:47:04. > :47:05.women's and Australian women's, it's all about possession, France cannot

:47:06. > :47:18.keep hold of the ball for long enough. Two little errors get the

:47:19. > :47:21.ball back. Back in the 2011 men's 15 aside, France were in the New

:47:22. > :47:28.Zealand pool of them, the mantra was, we only need to beat New

:47:29. > :47:33.Zealand once to win the World Cup. They met in the final, and France

:47:34. > :47:49.were a little unlucky to lose there. A nice line, Francie to get past

:47:50. > :47:57.Team GB, Canada and Australia. France, they need to keep the ball

:47:58. > :48:08.and be patient. How quickly that patience runs out! Still in

:48:09. > :48:14.possession though... Picked up by Horta and Woodman comes in with

:48:15. > :48:21.another crunching tackle. Still, a chance to score with Camille

:48:22. > :48:27.Grassineau, and they score! Camille Grassineau scores the first try ever

:48:28. > :48:33.in rugby sevens. That score is against New Zealand. And it just

:48:34. > :48:38.shows that rugby sevens is a wonderful game. Keep the ball and it

:48:39. > :48:40.does not matter who you play against, it can be very difficult to

:48:41. > :48:43.defend. The French women did very well

:48:44. > :48:48.there. What a wonderful try with real pace

:48:49. > :48:55.to finish it off. That will shock the New Zealand women, they are not

:48:56. > :49:03.used to conceding tries. Woodman likes the contact. That was a great

:49:04. > :49:08.shot with real athletic skill. Adding two points to this try,

:49:09. > :49:13.Pauline Biscarat. New Zealand were cruising, and now they are not.

:49:14. > :49:19.France have scored, it is 19-7. Well done, France. They just chose,

:49:20. > :49:25.keep the ball. The Frenchwomen have real quality there. -- it just

:49:26. > :49:28.shows. That is a huge boost for the

:49:29. > :49:32.Frenchwomen. Whatever happens in the next seven

:49:33. > :49:38.minutes, they could be in the quarterfinals, against Team GB or

:49:39. > :49:46.the Canadian women, and that will give them a huge boost.

:49:47. > :49:54.Not many teams score tries against the New Zealand women.

:49:55. > :50:00.That was wonderful. This was New Zealand when they were in total

:50:01. > :50:04.control. Power all the way. Pace all the way. Everybody was waiting for

:50:05. > :50:14.the moment that Portia Woodman would get on the scoreboard. She did.

:50:15. > :50:24.Then... This. From Camille Grassineau. It raises some

:50:25. > :50:28.questions, doesn't it? New Zealand being outpaced. Many teams would

:50:29. > :50:32.have been watching, great for Camille Grassineau, a top try scorer

:50:33. > :50:37.for the Frenchwomen in the rugby sevens last season. And you can see

:50:38. > :50:45.why. Great pace and athleticism. Just must keep the ball in this

:50:46. > :50:49.simple game. One full game, keep the ball. And New Zealand will kick off

:50:50. > :50:54.now, France really had to concentrate. The Frenchwomen can get

:50:55. > :50:59.the ball on the restart. And keep possession. And the next try, then

:51:00. > :51:02.we would really have the game on. They would be shocked, the New

:51:03. > :51:11.Zealand women, they will not be happy.

:51:12. > :51:14.We are also sitting next to the French commentators, they were going

:51:15. > :51:20.absolutely nuts when the try went in. That is great to hear! The

:51:21. > :51:27.switch to which we've become accustomed. Sarah Goss gets the

:51:28. > :51:28.rebound. It comes loose... Nile Williams and France have

:51:29. > :51:37.possession. The captain has a little luck... --

:51:38. > :51:58.luck. France win the penalty, a little

:51:59. > :52:02.period of pressure in the first half, a bit of pressure in the

:52:03. > :52:05.second. Shakira Baker, bouncing off the ball there. France looking very

:52:06. > :52:22.different. Horta cannot keep the ball in play,

:52:23. > :52:28.neither can Elodie Guiglion on. A real change for the Frenchwomen.

:52:29. > :52:31.They kept the ball the 90 seconds. Even the New Zealand women were

:52:32. > :52:35.blogging a bit there. Fortunately they paid

:52:36. > :52:46.-- came down the short side. The New Zealand women are thrilling.

:52:47. > :52:56.Long and out to Kelly Brazier. Sarah Goss at midfield. France have turned

:52:57. > :53:04.New Zealand over. It is a different story. A big thump on LOD to lie on.

:53:05. > :53:17.And again, New Zealand are penalised. -- Elodie Guiglion. An

:53:18. > :53:24.injury stoppage. Gayle Broughton walks away gingerly. You will notice

:53:25. > :53:30.that there is some pressure coming on. Their star player Kyla

:53:31. > :53:36.McAllister comes onto the field of play. A bit panicky from the New

:53:37. > :53:39.Zealand women, good to see in the tournament, and well done to France.

:53:40. > :53:46.They are really giving the game a good go. France happy to play a

:53:47. > :53:54.percentage game, some territory first. I always question when teams

:53:55. > :54:03.get to the line-out. France have the ball there. The Frenchwomen must win

:54:04. > :54:07.this line-out. It's interesting, Jade Le Pesq was a key playmaker.

:54:08. > :54:11.Perhaps they do think that they can pinch this game? They can certainly

:54:12. > :54:38.win the line-out. Jade Le Pesq. Can she do it? She can't. Suddenly,

:54:39. > :54:43.Portia Woodman, a good tackle. Advantage to New Zealand. I'm really

:54:44. > :54:47.impressed with Marjorie Mayans, she's a really physical player. She

:54:48. > :55:00.has really taken to the New Zealand opposition. Well done to the

:55:01. > :55:09.Frenchwomen. I do not think the New Zealand team will go for the

:55:10. > :55:14.line-out. Into the wind... Brazier. They can want, with a good slip to

:55:15. > :55:20.Sarah Goss. -- Nathan one. A bit of trouble

:55:21. > :55:21.there. France have possession taken

:55:22. > :55:31.quickly. Jade Le Pesq, the player that you

:55:32. > :55:57.like, Clive. We were talking before, with Eddie

:55:58. > :56:02.Howe, about how the Frenchwomen have approached the game, they are using

:56:03. > :56:05.it as a big preparation game. They fancy their chances whoever they

:56:06. > :56:08.play against, Team GB or Canada, based on this. The New Zealand had

:56:09. > :56:20.to hurry up here. Another sign of New Zealand's losing

:56:21. > :56:32.their grip on this game. Shakira Baker simply drops the ball. Taken

:56:33. > :56:37.off, and Ruby Tui comes on. Pressure on these players, in the men's and

:56:38. > :56:41.women's, then these errors come on. Shakira Baker drops the ball, I've

:56:42. > :56:49.not seen her do that for the last three games. That simple pass and

:56:50. > :56:52.take, taking her down. Off goes Jade Le Pesq. Pauline Biscarat feeding

:56:53. > :57:05.the scrum. Putting Lina Guerin in a spot of

:57:06. > :57:29.bother. Rose Thomas. Very good at the

:57:30. > :57:34.breakdown. The French women in the second half, that has been key. They

:57:35. > :57:43.have competed really well. Keeping the ball, as you can see here. One

:57:44. > :57:54.of the injury replacements is on, stolen by New Zealand.

:57:55. > :57:58.After a period of being really uncomfortable... Kayla McAlister

:57:59. > :58:05.makes the game safe. For New Zealand. New Zealand were always

:58:06. > :58:10.going to win this game. They just have a slight advantage, with pace

:58:11. > :58:16.and power. But the Frenchwomen have really given them a hard time. It

:58:17. > :58:20.shows the teams that will be coming up against the New Zealand later on

:58:21. > :58:25.in the quarterfinals and semis, it gives them something to work on.

:58:26. > :58:28.At the breakdown, the French side have been one of the best we've seen

:58:29. > :58:32.so far. If New Zealand get the ball, they

:58:33. > :58:40.have star quality. With Woodman and Kayla McAlister especially.

:58:41. > :58:47.She just looks amazing. Such a fantastic athlete. A really amazing

:58:48. > :58:55.player. 26-7 does not tell the whole story at all. Not at all, Eddie. A

:58:56. > :58:59.second half to remember for France. Very proud of the French team, they

:59:00. > :59:07.will be very pleased with this performance.

:59:08. > :59:16.WHISTLE Counter ruck by New Zealand.

:59:17. > :59:29.Powerful at the breakdown. We have time for the scrum.

:59:30. > :59:38.I keep saying, you look up and you see Brazier and McAlister, and

:59:39. > :59:43.Woodman, they are just wonderful rugby players. I hope that they do

:59:44. > :59:49.not kick it out. I hope New Zealand go for a try here, and she kicks it

:59:50. > :59:52.out. WHISTLE New Zealand are through to the

:59:53. > :59:55.quarterfinals. France are through to the

:59:56. > :59:59.quarterfinals. New Zealand go through with three victories in the

:00:00. > :00:03.pool behind them, but just for the first time, they looked a little

:00:04. > :00:11.uneasy in the women's rugby sevens. But, they have won.

:00:12. > :00:19.The quarterfinals are tonight with the semifinals and final on the

:00:20. > :00:24.third day, tomorrow. Great Britain's women take on Canada in about half

:00:25. > :00:31.an hour's time. But the big conundrum we are trying to answer,

:00:32. > :00:43.how do you turn silver into gold? That is the question facing Lizzie

:00:44. > :00:47.Armistead in today's road race. In the Yorkshire morning the air cries

:00:48. > :00:55.tears from a leaden sky to turning wheels. The sunset years and huge

:00:56. > :01:01.exhaustion slowly heals. Lizzie Armistead just misses out, it is

:01:02. > :01:08.Olympic symbol. The whole world is spinning, the biker steers up the

:01:09. > :01:12.hill from deep despair to hope. You can see them grinning away their

:01:13. > :01:20.fears and times like this will help them cope. Lizzie Armistead is the

:01:21. > :01:26.champion of the world. Deserve your cheers and your outstretched hand,

:01:27. > :01:31.there is no hiding blood sweat and tears. Pedal through the pain to the

:01:32. > :01:35.pride. A few weeks ago Lizzie was in the

:01:36. > :01:41.midst of her preparations as the reigning women's road race world

:01:42. > :01:46.champion to try and upgrade London's silver into Rio gold. But then a bit

:01:47. > :01:49.of a nightmare in the last few days because it then emerged her

:01:50. > :01:54.preparations had been disrupted after she was seen to have missed

:01:55. > :02:00.three random drugs tests and might be facing a ban. However, having

:02:01. > :02:04.appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, one of those tests was

:02:05. > :02:08.scrapped because it was deemed the anti-doping officer involved had not

:02:09. > :02:14.made reasonable attempts to locate for one of those random drugs tests.

:02:15. > :02:18.She is free to ride, but a tearful Lizzie believes their will forever

:02:19. > :02:22.be a stain on her reputation. She discussed all of this with Jill

:02:23. > :02:27.Douglas. You came very close to not being

:02:28. > :02:33.able to raise, you came very close to having the worst outcome. How did

:02:34. > :02:39.that happen? How could you have let that happen? That is a question a

:02:40. > :02:45.lot of people have asked me and it is very difficult to answer without

:02:46. > :02:51.looking like I am cavalier about it. I absolutely support what is in

:02:52. > :02:56.place. The first strike in Sweden should never have happened, it was

:02:57. > :03:00.not my fault. I was in a place I said I would be and they did not

:03:01. > :03:05.find me. I was there and I was willing to give a sample and was not

:03:06. > :03:10.trying to deceive anybody. My second strike was at a time when I had just

:03:11. > :03:17.become the champion, the best time of my life. I was with friends and

:03:18. > :03:24.family all over the place and I had a failure. It was reported as a

:03:25. > :03:27.missed test, but if you give an hour's slot in the morning it also

:03:28. > :03:30.means that address carries through for the rest of the day and if you

:03:31. > :03:37.are somewhere in the evening different, that our slot of the

:03:38. > :03:43.morning, it is effectively a 24 hour system and I messed up. It was a

:03:44. > :03:51.very stupid thing to do and I accept that. From that point I discussed a

:03:52. > :03:59.strategy to avoid a third strike. That fell apart for reasons out of

:04:00. > :04:03.my control. I have stated I do not want to discuss that and that will

:04:04. > :04:08.continue. I was not in control of every aspect of my life and that is

:04:09. > :04:15.what I was guilty of, but that is all. I do not wish to sound like I

:04:16. > :04:21.am not taking it seriously, I understand it is my responsibility.

:04:22. > :04:25.I am not making excuses. People will be sceptical about you and your

:04:26. > :04:31.career. How does that make you feel? Absolutely devastated. Because

:04:32. > :04:37.people will judge me, they will judge my family and I would never

:04:38. > :04:44.cheat, not in any walk of life, I would not cheat. And... Like you

:04:45. > :04:49.say, people will think I am a cheat for the rest of my life and that is

:04:50. > :04:56.because of not taking a form on a box. I do not need to make it sound

:04:57. > :04:59.trivial, it is not, it is a fight we all have to take responsibility for

:05:00. > :05:04.and as world champion I should take it higher than anybody else. But

:05:05. > :05:07.something happened to me and my family that I could not control and

:05:08. > :05:13.that is more important to me than cycling. Do you think this weekend

:05:14. > :05:18.gives you the opportunity to prove something to yourself maybe and to

:05:19. > :05:23.others? No, because in this situation I will never win. If I win

:05:24. > :05:27.the race, people will say it is because of something else. If I

:05:28. > :05:31.lose, people will say it is for another reason. I am not at the

:05:32. > :05:34.point of accepting it yet, but I will have to come to a point of

:05:35. > :05:40.accepting people will that be for ever. Let's look at the race because

:05:41. > :05:46.you are one of the favourites. How do you see is panning out? It will

:05:47. > :05:50.be one of the hardest. It is unlike any other race, it is mountainous. I

:05:51. > :05:57.will be surviving and hopefully I will be able to put in a sprint

:05:58. > :06:01.along the beach. It is a very emotional interview. We are all

:06:02. > :06:07.human and make mistakes, but in elite sport the consequences can be

:06:08. > :06:11.very severe. It remains to be seen how she responds today. Jill Douglas

:06:12. > :06:18.is with Chris Boardman. What is your assessment of how she will respond

:06:19. > :06:22.today? That is the unknown. We saw her ride down to sign an little

:06:23. > :06:28.earlier looking pretty serious. It is a big day for Lizzie Armistead

:06:29. > :06:31.and all of the athletes. Chris Boardman, having listened to Lizzie,

:06:32. > :06:36.knowing her, what do you think the effect will be on her today? She was

:06:37. > :06:41.a broken athlete this week. Issue mentally in the right place? There

:06:42. > :06:47.is only one person who can know how she will react, she could win the

:06:48. > :06:51.race or not and nobody knows? Nobody can look inside and decide how she

:06:52. > :06:56.is going to tackle it. I heard it is the former, but we will have to wait

:06:57. > :07:01.and see. It will be tough because it is blowing a gale down here. When

:07:02. > :07:07.they hit those cobbles, we saw what it did to the men's race. How do you

:07:08. > :07:11.think it will affect the race today? The conditions will have a much

:07:12. > :07:15.bigger effect, there are only five teams who have got four riders and

:07:16. > :07:20.only five teams with three riders, so it is harder for anybody to

:07:21. > :07:24.control the race. Despite the cobbles being much further down,

:07:25. > :07:30.they could have much further impact. Getting from back there to here,

:07:31. > :07:34.they have got wins content with. Some of the gusts have blown down

:07:35. > :07:38.barriers. It is coming off the sea and the crosswinds could have a huge

:07:39. > :07:44.effect on the race overall. It is very noisy year, I am not sure why

:07:45. > :07:48.they are playing it like this through the Tannoy is because it is

:07:49. > :07:54.distorting and dreadful. Once they get away from here, they will not be

:07:55. > :07:59.able to hear it. What did we learn from the race yesterday about this

:08:00. > :08:04.cause? The descent was decisive, but at least for the women they only

:08:05. > :08:09.have to do it once. But it is the important time. The climb itself is

:08:10. > :08:15.incredibly hard and some of the riders are choosing to use mountain

:08:16. > :08:18.bike years. It will be the part that makes the first selection. The

:08:19. > :08:22.descent is so technical and a gold medal is at the other end and I

:08:23. > :08:28.think we will see the same risks taken I am sad to say. Our hard work

:08:29. > :08:33.in our mouths yesterday when Geraint Thomas came off and fantastic to see

:08:34. > :08:37.him and potentially riding the time trial. That would be a turn-up for

:08:38. > :08:41.the books. I am not sure how he feels because you won't insult up

:08:42. > :08:47.for the big one. But he likes to get stuck in, one of his favourite

:08:48. > :08:53.phrases. We did not see the crash, we saw the aftermath and he said, we

:08:54. > :08:57.were pushing hard and it was bumpy on the road and it pushed him off

:08:58. > :09:01.the edge and with the gutter there was no recovery. He did the best he

:09:02. > :09:07.could, but good to see him up and about. That will have all been fed

:09:08. > :09:11.back to the women's team and they will know what to expect. We saw

:09:12. > :09:17.Lizzie coming down the descent the other day checking it out. You will

:09:18. > :09:22.be her main challengers? There are strong teams from Holland and the

:09:23. > :09:27.States. On the men's race it is quite a large pool because of that

:09:28. > :09:32.dip in the middle of the climb which give classics specialists a chance

:09:33. > :09:36.to recover. The descent will play a big part because some of the women

:09:37. > :09:42.are great climbers, but not so good on the descent. The Dutch have got

:09:43. > :09:45.the strongest team. Marianne Vos has got such a pedigree even though she

:09:46. > :09:54.is coming back from injury and not quite there. I would not write her

:09:55. > :10:01.off. Megan whiny of the US, won the tour of California. I think she is

:10:02. > :10:08.in great shape. There is some disharmony in the team, so that

:10:09. > :10:12.might work against them. The British team had a couple of tricks up their

:10:13. > :10:16.sleeves yesterday with different tactics. What will the British team

:10:17. > :10:20.do with Emma Pooley, a classic climber? Technically they cannot

:10:21. > :10:26.make a mistake because they have not got the resources to do the chasing.

:10:27. > :10:30.They have got to watch the Dutch, do not let one of the good Dutch riders

:10:31. > :10:37.go because you need to make sure you mark them. Emma Pooley is the wild

:10:38. > :10:41.card for me. She is not pressed into service for Lizzie and then the

:10:42. > :10:50.chorus is perfect for her. Coming back from the BIOS lump dashed by

:10:51. > :10:55.often, I am not sure how ready she is. Chris has been out on the chorus

:10:56. > :11:17.and he will give you his guys. -- the Rio 2016 road race route is the

:11:18. > :11:21.hardest I have seen since I stop researching when I got to the 60s

:11:22. > :11:26.because I could not find one of similar severity. But it is not just

:11:27. > :11:36.the climb that will make 2016 a classic. Along the Copacabana beach

:11:37. > :11:41.the riders head west away from the city along the exposed coastal road

:11:42. > :11:47.before arriving at the green meanie circuit. The 25 kilometre loop which

:11:48. > :11:56.will be tackled twice by the women will have two short climbs, the

:11:57. > :12:04.Grumari itself at 1.2 kilometres. And then they are so sure you could

:12:05. > :12:10.almost write them off. It could be perfect for instigating the first

:12:11. > :12:19.breakaway. Then the riders head back along the coast to the second and

:12:20. > :12:23.demanding Vista Chinesa, which they will tackle once, but that will be

:12:24. > :12:27.enough. And under the jungle canopy the race will be decided here

:12:28. > :12:30.because of its proximity to the finish because of the eight

:12:31. > :12:39.kilometres of climbing. It is two cuatro kilometre fence with a little

:12:40. > :12:44.descent in the middle. The first section averages over 10% and after

:12:45. > :12:49.a few seconds respite, they tackled the true Vista Chinesa climb which

:12:50. > :12:56.averages 6%, making this the obstacle of the day. What goes up

:12:57. > :13:00.must come down and it is followed by a six kilometre fast, furious and

:13:01. > :13:06.technical descent to take them back to the coast. It is an opportunity

:13:07. > :13:12.for somebody to slip away as the group reforms. I say technical, but

:13:13. > :13:18.I mean dangerous. I think this descent will play as big a part in

:13:19. > :13:23.the race as the client itself. It is rapid with hairpin after hairpin and

:13:24. > :13:28.at a later stage of the race they will be pushing it to the limit,

:13:29. > :13:33.which is a problem. The edges of the road just to drop away and if they

:13:34. > :13:37.make a mistake, they will not be recovering. They are surrounded by

:13:38. > :13:40.concrete and trees and the dappling of the shadows on the road makes it

:13:41. > :13:47.very difficult to see where the edge of the road even is. When they get

:13:48. > :13:51.back to the coast for the last time there is less than 20 kilometres

:13:52. > :13:58.before they go around the last sweeping band before the chequered

:13:59. > :14:07.flag on Copacabana beach. Climbing, descent, potential crosswinds and

:14:08. > :14:12.even some cobbles, it is what makes a classic and they have ticked every

:14:13. > :14:18.box. They have done their bit, the organisers of the course, and now it

:14:19. > :14:23.is over to the riders. I suspect the riders will be going a

:14:24. > :14:26.bit quicker than Chris Boardman. They are about to get under way.

:14:27. > :14:32.Simon Brotherton is in the commentary box.

:14:33. > :14:38.Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the women's road race.

:14:39. > :14:46.That was a shot of Lizzie Armistead alongside Emma Harris Emma Pooley

:14:47. > :14:53.and Nikki Harris. Marianne Vos is on the front row, the defending

:14:54. > :14:57.champion. The United States have a very powerful team, they have

:14:58. > :15:01.several options. Less than ten seconds to go before the start of

:15:02. > :15:09.the women's road race at the Rio Olympic Games.

:15:10. > :15:15.Great Britain and the other 65 riders in this race, leaving the

:15:16. > :15:22.start line, living Copacabana behind, and beginning a journey

:15:23. > :15:27.which will see them cover 139 kilometres. As you just saw, it is

:15:28. > :15:31.the same route as the men's race from 24 hours ago. But they do not

:15:32. > :15:38.cover so many laps of the two circuits, just two of the Grumari

:15:39. > :15:42.Circuit, and one of the distinctively tough Vista Chinesa

:15:43. > :15:47.one. Today, not so much at the moment as

:15:48. > :15:50.we sit on the beach-front, but it has been noticeably windier.

:15:51. > :15:57.Compared to yesterday. I wonder if the coastal roads, whether it will

:15:58. > :16:02.be more of a factor there than yesterday? A lot of this course,

:16:03. > :16:06.despite being the same as the men's, it will have a different impact on

:16:07. > :16:10.the female race. The field is different, more disparity, it has to

:16:11. > :16:16.be said, in their abilities. Because of the team sizes as well, that all

:16:17. > :16:21.factors, there are only five teams with four riders, five teams with

:16:22. > :16:25.three. Including Team GB. Those cobbles at the far end of the

:16:26. > :16:30.course, they will tackle those twice. They did not have such an

:16:31. > :16:33.impact on the men's race, there were some mechanicals, but it was too far

:16:34. > :16:36.away. For the women, a breakaway of form

:16:37. > :16:40.there, there may not be enough people to trace it back.

:16:41. > :16:44.It will be more important, ability over the cobbles varies more, it

:16:45. > :16:51.could have a bigger impact. As you say, coming back, those crosswinds

:16:52. > :16:54.could influence this race. The Dutch team are superb in the crosswinds

:16:55. > :17:02.and could wish to take advantage before they get behind. A big issue

:17:03. > :17:08.over the last week is whether the world champion, Lizzie Armitstead,

:17:09. > :17:18.would be raising. -- racing. She is in the race. We will hear more about

:17:19. > :17:29.her state of mind. I think that Lucy is in an emotional state here. We

:17:30. > :17:30.will get into the politics, sorry, the background.

:17:31. > :17:36.Apologies, we are having technical issues. Only one person can say how

:17:37. > :17:41.that is going to affect her, she could win this race, go off, or

:17:42. > :17:55.anything in between. Rolling out of the start your, all

:17:56. > :17:58.of the riders, you can see them, they are ready to get going. The

:17:59. > :18:11.first attack on the left from Brazil. Is anybody going to chase?

:18:12. > :18:43.Getting themselves together now. So, the riders are heading along the

:18:44. > :18:58.beach at the moment. If one or two clouds lurking in the

:18:59. > :19:03.distance as the peloton heads along the beach-front now. You can see

:19:04. > :19:07.some of the palm trees swaying in the breeze. When the racing really

:19:08. > :19:14.kicks off, I wonder how much of a factor that is going to be? We can

:19:15. > :19:19.see Emma Pooley in the middle of the picture at the front, riding for

:19:20. > :19:27.Great Britain. Her form is something of an unknown, really. Hasn't placed

:19:28. > :19:30.in many races that she has taken part in since returning to the sport

:19:31. > :19:33.earlier this year but she returned for this, the time trial, and to

:19:34. > :20:00.help Lizzie Armitstead in this race. Nice, slow and steady roll out along

:20:01. > :20:06.the front for the pellet on. I think that the normal favourites for this

:20:07. > :20:13.one, we have Marianne Vos, the Olympic champion, a strong team

:20:14. > :20:21.alongside her, and a vendor Bergen, --. The USA have real options, Megan

:20:22. > :20:26.Guarnier has been great for them this season. They have a two-time

:20:27. > :20:40.Olympic champion alongside. Italy is another really strong squad, Georgia

:20:41. > :20:49.bronze Uni, -- Giorgia Bronzini. And Elisa Longo Borghini, the favoured.

:20:50. > :20:59.And Australia. Germany, Canada and Poland, they have other riders to

:21:00. > :21:04.look out for. Trixi Worrack made a great return from injury earlier

:21:05. > :21:11.this year to get to the Olympic Games. And the Polish rider,

:21:12. > :21:35.Katarzyna Niewiadoma. The pellet on is taking it nice and

:21:36. > :21:39.easy in these early stages. A lot of animation in the men's race

:21:40. > :21:48.yesterday -- pallet on. A quick breakaway group. Escaping from the

:21:49. > :21:55.peloton, I wonder how long it will be before we see some action in this

:21:56. > :21:59.race? First held in 1984, won by Connie Carpenter, her son was racing

:22:00. > :22:03.for the United States in the men's race, Taylor Finney.

:22:04. > :22:08.It is the Dutch over the years, as we look at the New Zealand rider

:22:09. > :22:13.here, one of the favourites today. The Netherlands have had the most

:22:14. > :22:17.success in this race in the Olympic Games in eight previous editions

:22:18. > :22:23.with three winners, including London with Marianne Vos. Australia have

:22:24. > :22:29.won it a couple of times as well, with the USA, France and Great

:22:30. > :22:36.Britain also previously winning the women's Road race. Who can forget

:22:37. > :22:40.the sprint victory in the rain in Beijing by Nicole Cooke? As she

:22:41. > :22:45.outsprinted Emma Johansson to the line, Emma Johansson of Sweden is in

:22:46. > :22:50.the race today. Certainly a nervous line up there. Everybody is waiting

:22:51. > :22:54.for this race to kick off. Lizzie Armitstead, keeping towards the

:22:55. > :22:57.front, I believe that is because of the windy conditions, that is why we

:22:58. > :23:27.are seeing the favourites moving forward.

:23:28. > :23:39.The view of the start once again, as the riders headed off from

:23:40. > :23:52.Copacabana. With four hours or so in the saddle, lying ahead of them.

:23:53. > :23:59.This race is, I think, unlike the men's, it's not going to be largely

:24:00. > :24:02.fought out on the climb, these windy conditions, you can see in the palm

:24:03. > :24:08.trees, it will impact this smaller and more diverse field. We can see

:24:09. > :24:11.already the riders are beginning to try to position themselves to make

:24:12. > :24:16.sure that they can cope with the crosswinds. We saw Barry is blown

:24:17. > :24:19.down earlier today, and the cobbled section play a part today --

:24:20. > :24:25.barriers. Particularly on the way back, the

:24:26. > :24:29.riders set themselves up. On the way back to the final climb, they will

:24:30. > :24:36.tackle it just the once. The Dutch have a fantastic way of coping with

:24:37. > :24:42.all of the climbing and the crosswinds, and the cobbles. --

:24:43. > :24:45.fantastic team. The Americans have their strongest team for years but

:24:46. > :24:49.we've been getting some feedback that there is some disharmony in the

:24:50. > :24:54.team, they have a group of winners which is not always the best. They

:24:55. > :25:02.certainly have some cards to play. Megan Guarnier is one of the big

:25:03. > :25:10.favourites for today. She had a fantastic year, from start to

:25:11. > :25:13.finish, you mentioned the winner of the women's Giro, she is the

:25:14. > :25:16.national champion of the United States, winning the Tour of

:25:17. > :25:23.California, the Philadelphia classic too. Many of the top riders are, it

:25:24. > :25:29.is a super-team, including Lizzie Armitstead. They have a good number

:25:30. > :25:33.of riders in the field today, the various nations. The whole

:25:34. > :25:37.Australian team are together, that will help their team harmony. They

:25:38. > :25:41.are used to working with one another on a day-to-day basis, they have

:25:42. > :25:47.just changed their jerseys, pretty much. It is a more nervous looking

:25:48. > :25:50.field, compared to what we saw yesterday. Emma Pooley on the left,

:25:51. > :25:55.a dark horse for me. Let's hope she is not pushed into

:25:56. > :26:00.service for Lizzie Armitstead too much, I would love to see what she

:26:01. > :26:03.can do on a circuit like this. Her abilities, certainly

:26:04. > :26:09.historically, are perfect. With little racing under her belt, coming

:26:10. > :26:14.from the biathlon. A world champion, can she drop back into the field at

:26:15. > :26:18.this calibre? She had retired from cycling to concentrate on it... This

:26:19. > :26:22.cause brought her back. One would think with the work that British

:26:23. > :26:27.cycling does in terms of working out what you need to do to get over a

:26:28. > :26:32.course in a certain time with that much power, they work out all of the

:26:33. > :26:36.measurements. You would think that for her and for them, when they get

:26:37. > :26:40.their heads together on this one, that they would not have done it

:26:41. > :26:42.unless they clearly felt that she had a strong chance of getting a

:26:43. > :26:47.medal in that time trial in particular. I think that she has a

:26:48. > :26:51.great chance today, if she chooses to have a go for the win. Nikki

:26:52. > :26:58.Harris is the rider that is here to do the work. On a one-year deal as a

:26:59. > :27:03.team-mate of Lizzie Armitstead anyway. They got used to working

:27:04. > :27:06.together. A top cycle and rider, Nikki Harris. A contentious make-up

:27:07. > :27:13.of the team, they have taken some risks. A bold but justifiable move?

:27:14. > :27:19.Dani King was aiming for this spot, a former gold medal on the track. In

:27:20. > :27:22.the team sprint event. She lost her spot to Nikki Harris. Dani King has

:27:23. > :27:26.had a good season on the road and made a strong claim based on the

:27:27. > :27:32.results she achieved. She was bitterly disappointed not to be in

:27:33. > :27:36.this race. So, Nikki Harris has quite a responsibility, really, not

:27:37. > :27:43.just to her team-mates but the ones who did not make the squad. Emma

:27:44. > :27:47.Pooley has managed, in the space of about 30 seconds, to surround the

:27:48. > :27:55.peloton single-handedly as they move down the coast. Around the headland,

:27:56. > :28:05.a small climb coming up... The further others are never far away in

:28:06. > :28:12.Rio -- favelas. They had a long the coastal road, going West. All of the

:28:13. > :28:16.favourites together on the road in the early stages. Lisa Brennauer of

:28:17. > :28:27.Germany, winner of the Aviva women's Tour in Great Britain last year. A

:28:28. > :28:31.world time trial champion. As they leave the centre of Rio behind, they

:28:32. > :28:35.head for what will be, once they go through Baja, one of the more

:28:36. > :28:45.exposed coastal roads on the journey west which will take them back to

:28:46. > :28:49.groom Circuit the circuit. -- to the Grumari Circuit.

:28:50. > :28:54.HAZEL: We will see that road race in one hour's time as they tackled the

:28:55. > :28:56.first of the climbs and head up into those treacherous mountainous

:28:57. > :29:03.stretches of the women's road race. Now, we are just hearing that the

:29:04. > :29:07.International Paralympic Committee has, as expected, issued a blanket

:29:08. > :29:11.ban on the Russian Federation, none of their Paralympic and is will be

:29:12. > :29:15.allowed to compete in the Paralympic Games, two weeks after these unpick

:29:16. > :29:22.games here in Rio. Not unexpected, it was expected,

:29:23. > :29:26.that use a little while ago. More detail on that news in the

:29:27. > :29:29.coming hours -- that news came to us a little while ago.

:29:30. > :29:32.Plenty of live sport here this afternoon.

:29:33. > :29:36.I promised a live match at Deodoro, the rugby sevens, Great Britain play

:29:37. > :29:44.Canada. This is to see who will top the

:29:45. > :29:49.group in group C. This is going to decide who will

:29:50. > :29:52.potentially get the easier draw in the quarterfinals tonight.

:29:53. > :29:58.Let's head back to Deodoro, to Sir Clive and Eddie. It looks like the

:29:59. > :30:01.crowds might have been a little bit up-to-date, but it is still pretty

:30:02. > :30:08.disappointing given the quality of the sport on offer.

:30:09. > :30:14.We are over half full and we are a long way out of town and there are

:30:15. > :30:19.difficulties getting here. Anyway, we are under way. The good

:30:20. > :30:25.news for the British team is that they are already through to the last

:30:26. > :30:30.eight with their wins over Brazil and Japan. But this is altogether

:30:31. > :30:34.different, they are up against Canada, ranked above them, third in

:30:35. > :30:41.the tournament. Great Britain are fourth. Although there is nothing

:30:42. > :30:50.too frightening, the winners will play either the USA or France. It is

:30:51. > :30:55.not going to frighten anybody, Clive, but you want to top the

:30:56. > :31:00.group. It is a big thing for both the men and women. It is all about

:31:01. > :31:06.momentum, so whoever wins this game will take huge momentum into the

:31:07. > :31:12.quarterfinals. This is number three against number four and this is a

:31:13. > :31:19.match we have all been waiting for. Ashley Steacy feeds the Canadian

:31:20. > :31:26.scrum. Brittany Bowe then has made a huge impact. That is excellent

:31:27. > :31:40.defence by a whole host of British defenders. Jo Watmore. Jessica Beard

:31:41. > :31:50.of New Zealand is the referee. The play has been stopped. The Canadian

:31:51. > :31:55.women go in with the same seven players who have started every game.

:31:56. > :32:04.Team GB have mixed and matched a lot more. Just getting a bit over

:32:05. > :32:06.officious. He saw that a long way away. A high tackle against Britain.

:32:07. > :32:33.Canada in possession. Jen Cage is one of the powerhouse

:32:34. > :32:45.players of the tournament. Landry is also a very important player, but a

:32:46. > :32:52.different type of player. The official from Fiji came in and gave

:32:53. > :32:53.that high tackle when the referee was so close it was a strange

:32:54. > :33:13.decision. Kelly Russell is an important part

:33:14. > :33:18.of the Canadian team as a kicker, as well as one of their major athletes.

:33:19. > :33:26.Team GB are playing into a very strong headwind.

:33:27. > :33:31.The power running of Emily Scarratt. We have not seen as much of her as

:33:32. > :33:51.we normally do. Penalty to Britain. Joanne Watmore is protecting her on

:33:52. > :33:58.the line. Alice Richardson is the scorer. Wonderful handling by Team

:33:59. > :34:03.GB. That was such an important start. A wonderful try by Alice

:34:04. > :34:08.Richardson. She has really impressed me throughout this tournament. Katy

:34:09. > :34:14.McLean takes this line and there is no panicking, that is the big thing.

:34:15. > :34:19.The off-load was wonderful. Do not throw a crazy pass. That was a great

:34:20. > :34:25.start by Team GB and that will give them huge confidence. Excellent

:34:26. > :34:31.start, well done. Katy McLean misses the conversion. That might be

:34:32. > :34:39.important later on. She will be disappointed. Home restarts and her

:34:40. > :34:42.kicking at goal have been world-class, but she will be pleased

:34:43. > :34:53.with the restarts anyway. Jen Kish has been majestic in the

:34:54. > :35:23.air. Straight up the middle, opening

:35:24. > :35:33.possibilities both sides. Another mistake and this is reminiscent of

:35:34. > :35:38.yesterday. Nervous moments. That was a shame for Amy Wilson-Hardy. She

:35:39. > :35:43.got the start today. This game is all about possession. If you

:35:44. > :35:45.dominate possession, you will beat the Canadian women. That was a

:35:46. > :36:26.sloppy moment. For those watching at home, the

:36:27. > :36:29.referees are so quick at breakdown. It is so important because you

:36:30. > :36:39.cannot give possession away at any stage.

:36:40. > :36:50.Alice Richardson was not shaken off. Play on, advantage GB. Excellent

:36:51. > :36:57.play, Joanne Watmore. She did absolutely right. She came through

:36:58. > :37:00.really physically. This Canadian team is really physical and so far

:37:01. > :37:07.Team GB are absolutely matching them. There is a strong wind here

:37:08. > :37:12.and they have a 5-point lead and it is very encouraging with less than a

:37:13. > :37:29.minute ago. They just have to get to half-time a lid.

:37:30. > :37:42.It is unbelievable how many penalties are awarded at the

:37:43. > :37:51.breakdown. When you have got two very evenly matched sides, it is

:37:52. > :38:04.whoever can give the least away at the breakdown.

:38:05. > :38:13.It is the score that puts Great Britain in a commanding position.

:38:14. > :38:21.Amy Wilson-Hardy has done it again. That is a big moment. The Canadian

:38:22. > :38:28.women coughing up the ball on their own line. Team GB had the confidence

:38:29. > :38:32.not to give the ball away. Amy Wilson-Hardy is one of the stars of

:38:33. > :38:45.the tournament for me. She ran the length of the field. Oh, she just

:38:46. > :38:49.pushed that kick aside. 10-0. The Canadian team are a little bit

:38:50. > :38:56.shell-shocked. It would give them huge momentum if they could put the

:38:57. > :39:02.game to bed. Great Britain will have the advantage of the wind in the

:39:03. > :39:10.second half. Sometimes playing into the wind makes it easier because the

:39:11. > :39:15.ball is being blown back to you. Amy Wilson-Hardy has had an amazing 24

:39:16. > :39:20.hours. You can see the strength of the wind. Every now and then kick

:39:21. > :39:23.could put the Canadians right back into half. It would be interesting

:39:24. > :39:37.to hear what he was saying. Two great tries, so kicking the

:39:38. > :39:43.convergence was very tough. We are in great shape. Alice Richardson,

:39:44. > :39:52.Katy McLean, Amy Wilson-Hardy with the speed. What a wonderful site. We

:39:53. > :39:56.have seen some wonderful athletes in the New Zealand team and the

:39:57. > :40:06.Australian team, but Team GB have got some great athletes. Amy

:40:07. > :40:07.Wilson-Hardy is one of them. A big seven minutes for Team GB and

:40:08. > :40:35.women's rugby. The referee is hurrying up Team GB.

:40:36. > :40:39.They have taken their full allocation of time. They have to be

:40:40. > :40:44.careful, they do not want to get on the wrong side of the referee. Time

:40:45. > :40:50.called. Jessica Beard from New Zealand is having none of it. You

:40:51. > :41:01.have to stay on the side of the referees. Katy McLean to start. We

:41:02. > :41:04.have seen Jen Kish involved in a few incidents, but they have managed to

:41:05. > :41:24.keep Landry quiet. Joanne Watmore, excellent work in

:41:25. > :41:34.defence. This is the first time the Canadian team has had an aggressive

:41:35. > :41:35.defence. That was great defence and Joanne what one has got fantastic

:41:36. > :42:00.pace. It is an illegal interception.

:42:01. > :42:11.Natasha Hunt already has the ball and she is sizing up the options.

:42:12. > :42:16.The change for Great Britain. Landry has got a yellow card for that. Into

:42:17. > :42:41.the bin for two minutes. Abigail Brown did very well there.

:42:42. > :42:46.But it is the sin bin for her because she threw the ball away.

:42:47. > :42:52.Anyone who does that, there is zero tolerance for that. She did very

:42:53. > :42:55.well, but they have given the Canadian born here. Welcome to

:42:56. > :43:34.women's sixes! A third try surely for Britain? This

:43:35. > :43:37.is a superb performance. Canada were excellent yesterday. It has to be

:43:38. > :43:44.said Britain were shaky to begin with, but they have improved game on

:43:45. > :43:48.game. Joanne Watmore, what a fantastic off-load to Emily

:43:49. > :43:56.Scarratt. This is a bit of a surprise. Is women's team from Great

:43:57. > :43:58.Britain are really putting it to the Canadian team because they are

:43:59. > :44:06.making so many mistakes because of the pressure Team GB is putting on

:44:07. > :44:14.them. This is a big turnaround from the first game yesterday. Three

:44:15. > :44:24.tries and no conversions. 15 points to the good. Four minutes left. Katy

:44:25. > :44:32.McLean comes back. We have a change on the British side. We will take

:44:33. > :44:42.the restart. Heather Fisher has come on and both teams are back to seven

:44:43. > :44:44.aside. Jasmine Joyce is on. This is clever coaching by Simon. The clock

:44:45. > :45:04.has been stopped. The clock is still ticking down.

:45:05. > :45:12.Clare Allen comes on. We are back up to seven. Women's sevens resumes in

:45:13. > :45:21.Rio. An excellent tackle from Claire

:45:22. > :45:37.Allan. Brittany Benn finds Natasha

:45:38. > :45:44.Watcham-Roy. One of the newcomers here... Charity Williams.

:45:45. > :45:48.An interception from Emily Scarratt and a second try for Emily Scarratt,

:45:49. > :45:54.this is turning into a romp for Great Britain. Game, set and match.

:45:55. > :46:00.They say that great players play well in these great moments. By her

:46:01. > :46:04.own standards, Emily was quiet yesterday but she's been

:46:05. > :46:08.outstanding. The Team GB captain, Emily Scarratt. This is a real

:46:09. > :46:16.surprise them I thought Canada would be a lot stronger but no doubt that

:46:17. > :46:21.Team GB has pressurised. Looking on the Canadian bench, that's what you

:46:22. > :46:27.want to see. Team GB are in a very strong position now. The first

:46:28. > :46:33.conversion from Alice Richardson. 22-0 to Team GB.

:46:34. > :46:39.The errors that Canada have given, Team GB have the ball. They have not

:46:40. > :46:44.been able to cope with the pressure that the rugby sevens women have put

:46:45. > :46:47.on the Canadian team. Good tactics, kicked the ball long, pressurised

:46:48. > :46:55.and let Canada make the errors and defend.

:46:56. > :47:07.A great tackle from Emily Scott. Charity Williams and another

:47:08. > :47:11.mistake, did not go forward though. WIlson-Hardy has two chase back but

:47:12. > :47:19.she can watch as Danielle Waterman makes another tackle. The British

:47:20. > :47:23.defence has been outstanding, Canada forced a kid at mistakes.

:47:24. > :47:30.Offside, and the impact of Emily Scott... Take a bow, Emily Scott!

:47:31. > :47:34.Attacking rugby is fantastic but the real character of teams come out

:47:35. > :47:38.when they had to defend. Team GB stepping up to the plate, an amazing

:47:39. > :47:44.tackle from Emily Scott on the far side. Good tactics. Job done. Why

:47:45. > :47:51.not have a line-out? That close to the line.

:47:52. > :48:00.A change for Canada. Hannah Darling comes on. The Dow is that it will --

:48:01. > :48:04.for doubt it will put in the Canadian women's team, they will not

:48:05. > :48:07.have been expecting this. The quality of play from Team GB is

:48:08. > :48:12.absolutely brilliant. WIlson-Hardy and Heather Fisher are presumably

:48:13. > :48:14.going to do the lifting duties... No. Heather Fisher comes to the

:48:15. > :48:31.front. And it works well. It's a penalty to Canada. 28 seconds

:48:32. > :48:40.to go. The game is saved, but they would not want to give anything away

:48:41. > :48:48.now. Claire Allan chases back. Jasmine Joyce with the tackle.

:48:49. > :48:56.Charity Williams gets away... Outstanding! And outstanding tackle

:48:57. > :49:04.from Danielle Waterman. What a tackle. That is it, ball out, game

:49:05. > :49:11.over. Job done, Britain go into the quarterfinals. They are the winners

:49:12. > :49:17.of Pool C. Canada 0- 22 Great Britain.

:49:18. > :49:22.HAZEL: A great performance from Emily Scarratt and her team,

:49:23. > :49:25.hopefully it assures them of a slightly easier passage in the

:49:26. > :49:30.quarterfinals this evening. There are two more matches in group

:49:31. > :49:33.action this morning, or indeed your afternoon, and when they are over we

:49:34. > :49:37.will have a more clear idea as to the situation and who they are now

:49:38. > :49:39.going to face in the quarterfinals this evening.

:49:40. > :49:42.Great stuff from the Great Britain women.

:49:43. > :49:46.I told you about the news coming in from the International Paralympic

:49:47. > :49:50.Committee. The decision to suspend completely the entire Russian

:49:51. > :49:53.Federation from next month 's Paralympic Games.

:49:54. > :49:59.Read me give a little quote. It has commence from Sir Philip Craven, the

:50:00. > :50:04.president of the IPC. I have to say this is one of the

:50:05. > :50:08.most strong statements, possibly the strongest in sports politics I've

:50:09. > :50:11.ever seen in my time as a sports journalist.

:50:12. > :50:13.He says... I believe the Russian government has catastrophically

:50:14. > :50:18.failed its power athletes, the medals over morals mentality

:50:19. > :50:22.disgusts me. The complete corruption of the anti-doping system is

:50:23. > :50:24.contrary to the rules and strikes at the heart and spirit of Paralympic

:50:25. > :50:28.sport. It shows a blatant disregard for the

:50:29. > :50:32.health and well-being of athletes and quite simply has no place in

:50:33. > :50:35.Paralympic sport. Their first full Rory Arnold all

:50:36. > :50:41.costs has severely damaged the integrity and image of all sports

:50:42. > :50:43.and has resulted in a devastating outcome for the Russian Paralympic

:50:44. > :50:48.committee. They will not be at the Paralympics.

:50:49. > :50:53.You may know that after the McLaren report issued by Wada earlier on

:50:54. > :50:57.into allegations of systematic doping in Russia, the IOC largely

:50:58. > :51:02.left it up to individual federations to decide who would be here, and it

:51:03. > :51:06.has resulted in a bit of a fudge and a fairly confusing situation with

:51:07. > :51:11.athletes going to be court father to a sport, -- Court of Arbitration for

:51:12. > :51:17.Sport. There will be no Russians in action.

:51:18. > :51:21.Back to the live action... In the fencing, the men's foil competition

:51:22. > :51:25.has had mixed results for the two British competitors so far.

:51:26. > :51:28.Davis going through to the last 16, Laurence Halsted did not make it,

:51:29. > :51:33.I'm afraid. Now it is down to Richard Kruse, the

:51:34. > :51:43.world number six in the men's foil, in his fourth games, and he is up

:51:44. > :51:49.against his Algerian opponent. COMMENTATOR: The first to 15 will go

:51:50. > :52:02.through. Richard Kruse gets the opening point. The white light means

:52:03. > :52:10.no touch, off target essentially. No score for that point. The lights do

:52:11. > :52:14.not always tell be full story. When you are watching fencing,

:52:15. > :52:20.occasionally you will see the red light going off.

:52:21. > :52:24.The referee is an ultimate control of who scores each point.

:52:25. > :52:28.You will see the referee's arm goes up at the bottom of the page.

:52:29. > :52:32.At the bottom of the shot, the clearest indication as to who is

:52:33. > :52:39.awarded a point. 1-1 after the opening exchanges.

:52:40. > :52:44.Kruse is lively at the start of the contest. He is probably out of the

:52:45. > :52:49.three foil fencers that Britain has sent to the Olympics the most

:52:50. > :52:53.resilient and the calmest his mannerisms of the piste, and when he

:52:54. > :52:59.is fighting. A very measured and tactical

:53:00. > :53:07.approach. He said he cannot move the way he used to when he was young,

:53:08. > :53:16.just starting out. He relies from his scoring on the technique, and a

:53:17. > :53:22.knowing strategy. He shed, going by the form book, have the measure of

:53:23. > :53:30.Sintes. So far, tied at 2-2. We just saw the Italian narrowly

:53:31. > :53:36.avoid an upset on this piece, a double Olympic champion, and he will

:53:37. > :53:40.fight the winner of this. Should Kruse go through here, or Sintes, he

:53:41. > :53:47.will face tough opposition in the next round to get any further in the

:53:48. > :53:52.contest. Having said that, Andrea Cassara was taken all the way and --

:53:53. > :54:05.all the way to the end by his French opponent. Andrea Cassara will

:54:06. > :54:15.probably feel the effects. Kruse 4-2 up.

:54:16. > :54:20.Operating on a system of priority, that is quite unique and involves

:54:21. > :54:25.each fence are essentially having the right of way, one after the

:54:26. > :54:33.next, depending on who launches the attack first. That is ultimately

:54:34. > :54:40.down to the official governing body to decide. You cannot score if you

:54:41. > :54:45.are not the one attacking. Coming back with a riposte, and an

:54:46. > :54:49.attempt to win the point. Kruse is beginning to pull away a little, but

:54:50. > :54:54.do not be folded into thinking that 5-2 is a conclusive advantage at

:54:55. > :55:02.this point. -- do not be fooled. Even four ahead, you will see scores

:55:03. > :55:07.like that in fencing get eaten up incredibly quickly. It's amazing how

:55:08. > :55:10.quickly the momentum can swing. A couple more points, and Kruse will

:55:11. > :55:16.begin to feel like he has this in the bag. At the moment, he is just

:55:17. > :55:20.picking off Sintes. Sintes comes forward a little, it seems Kruse is

:55:21. > :55:25.a step out of the game. Almost all the times you. See how

:55:26. > :55:33.measured Kruse is now. -- all the time he. Sintes is just

:55:34. > :55:43.looking a little, not necessarily exasperated, but reaching for

:55:44. > :55:49.things. In a way that Kruse is not. Kruse is a very balanced fence,

:55:50. > :55:53.keeping his hand behind his back, waited at all times, and good

:55:54. > :55:56.vision. Distance vision is exceptional in

:55:57. > :56:00.this sport, it works to your advantage, especially if you base a

:56:01. > :56:02.small opponent. Richard Kruse has a height

:56:03. > :56:16.advantage. 8-2. Richard Kruse beginning to run away

:56:17. > :56:24.with this. This is what he probably quietly would have expected. Against

:56:25. > :56:27.an opponent who is not particularly rated in world fencing. He had a

:56:28. > :56:35.tricky few years transferring from France to Algeria.

:56:36. > :56:42.Kruse is currently informed. Got a gold in Havana earlier this month,

:56:43. > :56:47.his first since 2009. Perhaps helped a little by James Andrew Davis. Now

:56:48. > :56:51.a little more the face of British fencing, foremost a decade, Kruse

:56:52. > :56:55.was the man when it came to British fencing at the Olympic Games.

:56:56. > :56:59.Athens, Beijing, perhaps even London, the face of the sport in the

:57:00. > :57:05.UK. Maybe the balance has shifted? James

:57:06. > :57:09.Davis became the champion a few years ago, Britain's first-ever.

:57:10. > :57:16.Perhaps taking some weight off Kruse at these Olympics?

:57:17. > :57:33.Now, the referee does not appear to be awarding that, Sintes will come

:57:34. > :57:42.and have a word, that often happens. You can read emotions through the

:57:43. > :57:50.national flag, of course... It remains 10-3. Look at that

:57:51. > :57:55.footwork. Nimble. They say that he does not have the physical prowess

:57:56. > :58:02.any more... But Kruse is dancing up and down the piste.

:58:03. > :58:08.48 seconds remaining in this first period of play. Kruse just checking

:58:09. > :58:15.the tip of the blade, the only score with the tip of the weapon, in foil.

:58:16. > :58:23.Everything is electric. When you press on the target area, the vest

:58:24. > :58:28.that is being worn, the Silver area, it extends to the bottom of the neck

:58:29. > :58:33.guard and down to the groin. If you press the tip of the blade, you get

:58:34. > :58:38.the point, as Kruse has just done. Anywhere else on the body, anywhere

:58:39. > :58:41.else on the blade, no score in foil fencing alone. Different kinds of

:58:42. > :58:45.fencing have different rules. Only foil fencers Adri Euro 2016 for

:58:46. > :59:04.Team GB. -- at the Rio Olympics. Kruse advances forward and picks off

:59:05. > :59:29.another point. The reach of these two athletes. How

:59:30. > :59:34.much of an advantage Kruse has. He is form fighter and has a better

:59:35. > :59:37.pedigree in the sport, but he has the physical advantage to a

:59:38. > :59:40.considerable degree when you look at his height and reach and reach and

:59:41. > :00:02.the way he has controlled the contest so far.

:00:03. > :00:08.Kruse on the back foot. Just getting that little touch. Even when an

:00:09. > :00:15.opponent is attacking like that, if you could parry that and get the

:00:16. > :00:22.glancing blow as defence turns into attack, you get the point. Two away

:00:23. > :00:29.from progressing to the next round of 2016, Richard Kruse. He may run

:00:30. > :00:33.out of time in this first period. Two more of these afterwards, so he

:00:34. > :00:45.will certainly not run out of time in the round as a whole.

:00:46. > :00:54.Needs one point, you never know, he might do it.

:00:55. > :01:04.Kruse taking a moment to adjust the end of his blade.

:01:05. > :01:09.Kruse is going to switch. Just plug himself back in. You see the

:01:10. > :01:17.attachment which enables the electrics on the blade to work. In

:01:18. > :01:26.one point, we will see Richard Kruse safely and confidently through.

:01:27. > :01:26.That is not it, that is awarded to Sintes.

:01:27. > :01:46.Still very far behind. The clock is set to zero and that is

:01:47. > :01:52.it for the first session. Kruse needing the one point. He will think

:01:53. > :01:59.about that. Sintes has a lot more to think about. Confidence from Kruse.

:02:00. > :02:05.He has come out. He has done the job, almost, that he would have been

:02:06. > :02:11.expecting to do. Kruse getting a little carried away in the initial

:02:12. > :02:15.replay. Even when Sintes is on the ground, has a good old poke at him

:02:16. > :02:21.and then immediately apologises. Throughout that, you could tell

:02:22. > :02:26.Kruse had full control of what he was doing and I know he will be very

:02:27. > :02:32.confident of picking up the one remaining point he needs. Sintes, on

:02:33. > :02:36.the other hand, needs to regroup at this point and come up with a

:02:37. > :02:43.different strategy because there was nothing really there that posed any

:02:44. > :02:51.great danger to Richard Kruse. Eighth in Athens, 14th at Beijing.

:02:52. > :02:57.Started London 2012 as 14th in the world and finished 17th, losing the

:02:58. > :03:04.first fight. Finishing sixth as the foil team with Great Britain, which

:03:05. > :03:10.is coming up later on. Can he get the one remaining point he needs and

:03:11. > :03:16.set up the clash with the double Olympic champion Andrea Cassara of

:03:17. > :03:30.Italy in the next round? Andrea Cassara the narrow lead

:03:31. > :03:38.beating his French opponent. -- narrowly beating.

:03:39. > :03:54.One point will do it. Sintes backing off. Kruse bouncing up and down.

:03:55. > :04:03.Waiting for the moment. That is the touch. That is all Richard Kruse

:04:04. > :04:09.needed. The referee signals. It is official. Richard Kruse could not do

:04:10. > :04:17.it at London 2012, but here at Rio 2016.

:04:18. > :04:22.One more win will equal his best in an Olympics when he was eighth in

:04:23. > :04:29.Athens in the individual foil. He is up against it in his next fight

:04:30. > :04:34.because he will face Italy's Andrea Cassara, who took the bronze medal

:04:35. > :04:39.in the individual men's foil in Athens and he has two team gold

:04:40. > :04:44.medals. Italians love fencing. The most number of medals for them in

:04:45. > :04:49.the Olympics over the years. It is a bit of a religion for them.

:04:50. > :04:54.James-Andrew Davis, he booked his place earlier, if you were with us

:04:55. > :05:02.earlier, you will have seen him go through. We can see how he gets on

:05:03. > :05:11.in the last 16. Now fighting for a place in the quarterfinals. Safin of

:05:12. > :05:33.Russia is in his way. A chance to book a place in the

:05:34. > :05:50.quarterfinals. Safin is out first. Now there is pressure. Level

:05:51. > :05:51.pegging. A clear touch for Safin. I think Davis has gone to compose

:05:52. > :06:05.himself. He needs to find what that was at

:06:06. > :06:10.the start of the contest. Every time a point gets on the board for Davis,

:06:11. > :06:20.he reacts, so vividly, so emotionally.

:06:21. > :06:27.Davis exhaust separated not to be given more there. The score is back

:06:28. > :06:31.level. Four points are going to do it. Now Davis has a few words for

:06:32. > :06:43.Safin. Difficult to tell in this situation,

:06:44. > :06:49.to tell people to be calm, but you need to keep your head, keep

:06:50. > :06:50.control. Every point now, it is a huge step closer to a quarterfinal

:06:51. > :06:56.at the Olympic Games. That is one for Davis. 15 the

:06:57. > :07:27.target. James-Andrew Davis feeling like he

:07:28. > :07:34.could not catch a break. He is convinced it should be 13-11. It is

:07:35. > :07:38.not unusual in fencing to go to the referee and protest your case. It is

:07:39. > :07:46.part of the reason why you will see so much gesturing from fences,

:07:47. > :07:51.almost trying to persuade the officials, I know that was mine.

:07:52. > :07:57.This is as intense as it gets. This is a fantastic encounter.

:07:58. > :08:06.Safin ahead. He needs two points to reach the quarterfinals. Davis needs

:08:07. > :08:07.to find what he had earlier. Need some of the aggression, creativity

:08:08. > :08:25.back in a hurry. 14-12. Match point, if you like. And

:08:26. > :08:33.now we need a response from James-Andrew Davis. 13-14, that is a

:08:34. > :08:44.response. That, though, is it. Timur Safin

:08:45. > :08:50.gets to 15. Gets through and explodes with emotion as he delivers

:08:51. > :08:57.the winning points. It is Russia who go through in the men's foil fencing

:08:58. > :09:03.at the Olympic Park. It is James-Andrew Davis who will not be

:09:04. > :09:05.progressing and will not have the chance to fight for a first Olympic

:09:06. > :09:17.medal. Timur Safin the winner. And so there was one, Richard Kruse

:09:18. > :09:22.who will carry forward Great Britain's hopes in the men's foil

:09:23. > :09:29.later and we will bring you up to date with how it goes and that

:09:30. > :09:37.should be about five o'clock, we reckon. Against a good opponent,

:09:38. > :09:42.Andrea Cassara of Italy. Now it is 2:53am, that is the time to set your

:09:43. > :09:50.alarm clock, if you are so inclined, to see Adam Peaty. Adam Peaty came

:09:51. > :09:54.here to Rio as the reigning world record-holder, world champion,

:09:55. > :09:58.European champion and Commonwealth Games champion and he obliterated

:09:59. > :10:03.his world record in the first race in his first Olympics, smashing it

:10:04. > :10:06.by half a second. I hope you will set your alarm clocks for the 100

:10:07. > :10:12.metres breaststroke final much, much later.

:10:13. > :10:25.# Well, well # Witness the fitness.

:10:26. > :10:46.# One hope, one quest. It is a long time to wait but it has

:10:47. > :10:50.been a long time to wait since Great Britain had a male swimming champion

:10:51. > :10:56.28 years ago, Adrian Moorhouse, in the same event. How fitting that he

:10:57. > :11:01.should be calling this race, because it looks as though Adam Peaty is in

:11:02. > :11:05.a class of his own. Fingers crossed it will go well and I am sure you

:11:06. > :11:14.will set your alarm clocks. Back to a gladiatorial combat. Boxing, the

:11:15. > :11:19.men's light heavy. Joshua Buatsi, a 23-year-old Londoner, a student, who

:11:20. > :11:26.put his degree on hold to try to concentrate on his Olympic progress.

:11:27. > :11:31.He is up against a Ugandan opponent, Kennedy Katende, in his first bout.

:11:32. > :11:35.We will say hello and good afternoon to Ronald McIntosh and Richie

:11:36. > :11:40.Woodhall. How are you bearing up? I said you had a 16 day, tree marathon

:11:41. > :11:49.yourself. Are the throat lozenges working? We are here for a 20 bout

:11:50. > :11:57.session of boxing and you join us that the 81 kilograms light heavy

:11:58. > :12:00.contest. Part of a full strength boxing team, ten boxers in all

:12:01. > :12:07.weights and two within representing Great Britain. What a moment for

:12:08. > :12:25.Joshua Buatsi as he prepares to make his Olympic oxime debut.

:12:26. > :12:40.The referee from people'srepublic of China... The official taking charge

:12:41. > :12:44.in this contest between Kennedy Katende, an interesting story, in

:12:45. > :12:57.contrast to Joshua Buatsi, competing in his second Games. His first in

:12:58. > :13:02.Beijing, 2008. And here he comes. Kennedy Katende. If you watch World

:13:03. > :13:07.Series boxing, the tournament contested over 53-minute rounds,

:13:08. > :13:19.this man will be a familiar figure. He has experience from season two

:13:20. > :13:26.and three. He is the reigning two-time Swedish national champion.

:13:27. > :13:33.But he is representing now the country of his birth. That is

:13:34. > :13:38.Uganda. Having represented Sweden back in the Beijing Olympic Games,

:13:39. > :13:57.where he lost to the fearsome boxer in the first

:13:58. > :14:09.round, Davis. And a sensational display in the

:14:10. > :14:15.qualification tournament, Joshua Buatsi.

:14:16. > :14:19.A very dedicated young man. Brilliant in the European

:14:20. > :14:25.qualifiers, Ronald. He is one of those guys, first in the gym and

:14:26. > :14:32.last out. Listens to you like a sponge, taking in information. A

:14:33. > :14:44.good lad. Kennedy Katende takes a bow ahead of his first Olympic take

:14:45. > :14:53.appearance in eight years. -- Olympic appearance. What a moment

:14:54. > :14:59.for Joshua Buatsi. A quick glance skywards. A final moment of

:15:00. > :15:06.introspection. Look at the height advantage he enjoys. He will look to

:15:07. > :15:13.establish a ramrod jab to keep the man in red at bay. The first of a

:15:14. > :15:17.scheduled three three-minute rounds in the 81 kilograms light

:15:18. > :15:21.heavyweight division. Great Britain's Joshua Buatsi, wearing

:15:22. > :15:28.blue, operating out of the orthodox stance, against two-time Olympian

:15:29. > :15:32.Kennedy Katende, operating out of the southpaw stance. Representing

:15:33. > :15:39.Uganda after representing Sweden in Beijing. A nice positive start from

:15:40. > :15:43.Joshua Buatsi. Keeping his opponent on the outside. He has to work with

:15:44. > :15:49.his jab but he has to keep the right. That left hand over the top

:15:50. > :15:54.from Kennedy Katende, we have seen him many times, he is strong and he

:15:55. > :15:58.whips the shot over and looks to land it in the early stages so

:15:59. > :16:03.Joshua Buatsi has to keep the right hand by.

:16:04. > :16:14.You saw evidence of the southpaw fired by getting the -- by Katende.

:16:15. > :16:18.34 years old now. Looking to put it to good effect against Joshua

:16:19. > :16:24.Buatsi, still very much a novice. He has mixed it with the top pros from

:16:25. > :16:35.the light heavyweight division in what is still a nascent senior

:16:36. > :16:42.international career. He had a rocky moment in Doha when he put Dalai

:16:43. > :16:52.Cruise, the three-time World Championship gold medallist on the

:16:53. > :16:55.floor -- de la Cruz. He went on to lose but again he is working

:16:56. > :16:59.effectively to the body. He's been in the ring with the best in the

:17:00. > :17:04.business in the light heavyweight division and all of that experience

:17:05. > :17:07.is under his belt. This has been a positive round so far for Buatsi,

:17:08. > :17:14.his best shot has been a left hook to the body. Katende slowed the feet

:17:15. > :17:21.down enough. Excellent work from Buatsi. Following the shot, the left

:17:22. > :17:26.hook to the body. Just under the right elbow of his opponent, he's

:17:27. > :17:32.hurt him three times. Good display so far from Buatsi. Very focused,

:17:33. > :17:36.Joshua Buatsi. On the front foot again and that's a cracking right

:17:37. > :17:41.hand, guiding it inside the high health left hand of Katende and

:17:42. > :17:46.rocking him towards the turnbuckle as he was trapped momentarily in the

:17:47. > :17:51.corner. Katende back in the space, trying to establish the flicking

:17:52. > :17:55.right southpaw jab. Buatsi flat-footed, stalking his man, going

:17:56. > :18:00.for the right hand again. Landing effectively to the body but Katende

:18:01. > :18:05.is still looking to land sneaky left hands from the southpaw stance. Very

:18:06. > :18:10.good round of boxing from the man in blue. Good way to open your Olympic

:18:11. > :18:17.boxing career, positive round. Let's see every can listen to Paul Wardley

:18:18. > :18:21.as we go to the Connacht Buatsi. No, we are going to the corner of

:18:22. > :18:30.Katende. Let's see if we can hear his instructions. What I actually

:18:31. > :18:35.like from Buatsi, working to the body with the left hook. There's the

:18:36. > :18:40.right what a superb shot that was, right downstairs. This fellow is

:18:41. > :18:45.dangerous with the left hand over the top. Let's look at the scores.

:18:46. > :18:50.It should be across the board for Buatsi. There we go. If you haven't

:18:51. > :18:55.seen Olympic boxing since London 2012, this new graphic is one of the

:18:56. > :18:59.changes that have been implemented. No longer computer scoring, but a

:19:00. > :19:07.ten point system, like in professional boxing. So, to the

:19:08. > :19:11.second round we go. Joshua Buatsi took the opening round across the

:19:12. > :19:18.board, 10-9 from all three judges and look at the response it elicits

:19:19. > :19:23.from Kennedy Katende, trying to catch the onrushing Joshua Buatsi,

:19:24. > :19:29.who will be aware of the fact that he conceded the opening round,

:19:30. > :19:34.Katende. Cracking shot but it has been overwhelmed by the referee. I

:19:35. > :19:43.don't doubt that he lost his footing but surely the punch helped into

:19:44. > :19:48.that position. Again from Katende. He has to keep his guard nice and

:19:49. > :19:52.high, Buatsi. Most switching attack. What he has to do is keep working

:19:53. > :19:57.with his jab, break down the opponent with the jab and setup the

:19:58. > :20:01.backhand. Do it with the educated jab into the face of your opponent

:20:02. > :20:09.and bring in the right hook. By doing that, don't get too close to

:20:10. > :20:17.your opponent because this opponent is dangerous with the left hand over

:20:18. > :20:24.the top. Just as they broke away from the claims, there was a

:20:25. > :20:28.shocking right hand on a downward trajectory from Buatsi. Good right

:20:29. > :20:31.hand to the body once again and look how Katende wilted into the ropes as

:20:32. > :20:37.he absorbed the shot and perhaps felt the pain of that really

:20:38. > :20:41.forceful right hand to the body. To the head from Buatsi, effective shot

:20:42. > :20:48.and he's picking the punch merely effectively against the southpaw

:20:49. > :20:53.Katende to the body and head. -- really effectively. Buatsi is

:20:54. > :20:58.already experienced standing on the podium. Flashing right uppercut that

:20:59. > :21:02.caused Katende to lose his balance. Buatsi hasn't stood on top of the

:21:03. > :21:06.global medal podium in Rio when he won the Olympic test event at the

:21:07. > :21:16.back end of last year. Victory in the final over his familiar rival,

:21:17. > :21:26.Peter Mullenberg, the two-time silver medallist, who Buatsi

:21:27. > :21:32.prevailed over to secure his Olympic place here. What's also important

:21:33. > :21:37.for Buatsi, when he lands these body shots, don't hold your feet for too

:21:38. > :21:41.long because Katende is soaking them up and he's looking for one shot

:21:42. > :21:44.over the top. If you've landed a body shot and hold your feet then

:21:45. > :21:52.there's the chance that Katende may land that shot. Got to keep the gap

:21:53. > :21:58.between himself and Katende. Looking at his corner now. The right boot

:21:59. > :22:04.lace of Katende. I suspect he will welcome this respite. Look how he's

:22:05. > :22:13.holding his arms over the ropes. Taking some fearful shots to the

:22:14. > :22:17.body from Buatsi. When he is beyond punching range, perhaps that's a

:22:18. > :22:22.safe tactic. Fast left hand that Katende possesses. Lovely shot, that

:22:23. > :22:24.was nice, and again, so he is working well downstairs and then he

:22:25. > :22:30.creates space for himself because his opponent comes back. Very good

:22:31. > :22:33.round of boxing from Joshua Buatsi, to the body and the head. The right

:22:34. > :22:57.hand, especially profitable. Paul Walmsley is applying the

:22:58. > :23:01.petroleum jelly to the eyebrows of Paul Bootsy and issuing

:23:02. > :23:07.instructions. Such a dominant round, it might be 10-8 and indeed it is,

:23:08. > :23:11.two judges giving it that way in favour of Great Britain's Joshua

:23:12. > :23:19.Buatsi, in a commanding position, leading by three points on two

:23:20. > :23:22.judges's scorecards. One of the vagaries of Olympic boxing. Unlike

:23:23. > :23:28.the professional code where you generally have to put the man on the

:23:29. > :23:32.floor to get 10-8, in Olympic boxing, a dominant round, such as

:23:33. > :23:39.Buatsi enjoyed in the second round, enough to score 10-8 in his favour.

:23:40. > :23:46.Rather tardy corner work. Prior to the third and final round, carried

:23:47. > :23:50.out by the Ugandan corner. The man wearing blue, Joshua Buatsi, one

:23:51. > :23:57.foot in the second round now. Because barring a calamitous third

:23:58. > :24:03.and final round, the 3-point margin that he enjoys with judges a and B

:24:04. > :24:06.should be enough, even if he concedes the final round, to see him

:24:07. > :24:11.progress into the second round of the Olympic tournament. Again he is

:24:12. > :24:19.continuing to tattoo the rib cage of Kennedy Katende. Competing in his

:24:20. > :24:23.second Olympic Games. This has been a painful weird reduction to Olympic

:24:24. > :24:28.competition because Buatsi is hitting him with bold average on

:24:29. > :24:38.both sides of his torso -- reintroduction. Joshua Buatsi

:24:39. > :24:43.doesn't want to get complacent, sensible boxing behind the jab, see

:24:44. > :24:48.it out, see the contest through. I'm sure that's what Paul Walmsley will

:24:49. > :24:52.have said in the corner. He will have been happy, but don't be

:24:53. > :24:57.complacent, get the job done. Working well, boxed sensibly. 26

:24:58. > :25:04.boxers contesting the light heavyweight tournament. Down on the

:25:05. > :25:08.canvas for a second time, Katende. The man from Uganda, his body

:25:09. > :25:13.language isn't good. Clubbing right hand and he's in trouble, the

:25:14. > :25:20.follow-up coming over. The towel has come in and Joshua Buatsi scoring

:25:21. > :25:24.the first stoppage victory of the Olympic boxing tournament here at

:25:25. > :25:32.Rio 2016. Kennedy Katende was put under significant and sustained

:25:33. > :25:38.pressure, putting him to the sword. Two and a bit rounds, Joshua Buatsi

:25:39. > :25:47.progressing to the next round in very progressive and -- impressive

:25:48. > :25:51.and dominant fashion. Stopping his opponent in the third round, two

:25:52. > :25:56.clubbing right hands causing his boxing stance to betray him and his

:25:57. > :25:59.experienced corner threw in the white towel surrender and that ends

:26:00. > :26:04.the second Olympic Games for Kennedy Katende. Joshua Buatsi, romping

:26:05. > :26:12.through to the second round of the light heavyweight tournament. Really

:26:13. > :26:18.impressive. Tremendous performance from Buatsi and great Lawes from the

:26:19. > :26:21.Ugandans, pulling their man out and rightly so. So, Buatsi through to

:26:22. > :26:37.the second round. Let's get the verdict. By technical knockout...

:26:38. > :26:41.Joshua Buatsi! What an Olympic debut from Great Britain's Joshua Buatsi,

:26:42. > :26:44.progressing to the second round of the light heavyweight tournament

:26:45. > :26:51.courtesy of a technical knockout in the third round, in the second round

:26:52. > :27:01.on 11th of August, the number three seed, his opponent from Uzbekistan

:27:02. > :27:07.awaits. STUDIO: He looks very good, what an assured debut, fantastic

:27:08. > :27:13.performance. Right, the women's road race is an hour and a quarter, the

:27:14. > :27:17.time is flying, and we are going to take a quick check on what's been

:27:18. > :27:21.going on because I understand, Simon Brotherton, that Lizzie Armitstead

:27:22. > :27:27.had a technical problem. What's the situation and is it resolved?

:27:28. > :27:30.She had a puncture early in the race but it came at the right moment so

:27:31. > :27:35.that at the other end of the peloton, Emma Pooley had accelerated

:27:36. > :27:41.on the incline, so she was riding quite hard at the front of the race

:27:42. > :27:44.and meanwhile she was completely unaware, because they aren't

:27:45. > :27:49.connected by radio, that team-mate Lizzie Armitstead was getting a new

:27:50. > :27:53.wheel for her puncture. Armitstead suddenly had quite a long chase

:27:54. > :27:58.through the cast to get back on. Luckily it was early days and the

:27:59. > :28:02.situation was reasonably quickly rectified and they seem to be riding

:28:03. > :28:08.cohesively as they approach the first major challenge of the day,

:28:09. > :28:22.the cobbles. That's logic are picky, the Angus Rider, just 20 years

:28:23. > :28:30.old -- Lotte Kopecky. One lone chaser, from Germany, Romy Kasper.

:28:31. > :28:34.Not one of their favourites, but she is the second rider on the road and

:28:35. > :28:39.a minute and a half behind you have the peloton itself. For the most

:28:40. > :28:48.part the peloton has been taking things relatively easy, unlike

:28:49. > :28:52.Kopecky. When Lizzie Armitstead got in the peloton, what worked in her

:28:53. > :28:55.favour is that the peloton had eased off so she had time to catch her

:28:56. > :29:01.breath and recuperate. I think that they had a team chat. Nikki Harris,

:29:02. > :29:05.full attendance at the front, guiding Armitstead over the cobbles.

:29:06. > :29:12.Both of them full of that -- aware of that kind of terrain. It is rich

:29:13. > :29:22.in features, almost no flat roads: beautiful surfaces, some really

:29:23. > :29:27.heavy cobbles. Kasper coming down and the peloton will be arriving

:29:28. > :29:33.here soon. These two could do with coming together because they have a

:29:34. > :29:39.long way to go, 94 kilometres to try and do it to go. If you haven't been

:29:40. > :29:42.watching this coverage, basically they have specific bottles that they

:29:43. > :29:48.have to use in Olympic Games which aren't necessarily the ones that fit

:29:49. > :29:51.perfectly with the bottle cages in on their bikes and on a number of

:29:52. > :29:56.occasions they have been bouncing off onto the cobbles and causing all

:29:57. > :30:00.sorts of problems. You wondering why there are nicely surfaced sections

:30:01. > :30:04.of the rope they are trying to use every last metre off, some of these

:30:05. > :30:10.roads are going to be used for the time trial next Wednesday. This is

:30:11. > :30:14.usually just a coastal path and not a very heavily trafficked route but

:30:15. > :30:21.boy, has it made an interesting section for the road race circuit.

:30:22. > :30:30.Lotte Kopecky is in a decent position. She has opened up quite an

:30:31. > :30:36.advantage. Lizzie Armitstead is on the left. Just behind a motorbike.

:30:37. > :30:40.You can see some of the white bottles bouncing across the cobbles

:30:41. > :30:47.with the riders trying to dodge the bottles as well as state up on the

:30:48. > :30:52.cobbles. At the moment nobody having mechanical issues, which is good

:30:53. > :30:58.because a number of riders in the men's race hat to stop because of

:30:59. > :31:05.their chains. We have two riders with a problem. Rachel Neylan from

:31:06. > :31:12.Australia was the rider in the cobbles section having an issue. We

:31:13. > :31:21.are looking at the rider from Thailand but the issue is resolved.

:31:22. > :31:27.Maneephan. It is possible to tune the bike so that the chain does not

:31:28. > :31:35.come off. They are made to deal with it. But a slight flaw in the setup

:31:36. > :31:39.can be exposed. A great job by Nikki Harris, riding for Lizzie

:31:40. > :31:43.Armitstead. At the front you get to choose your online. Emma Pooley was

:31:44. > :31:48.not there, which is a worry. We knew she would not like the cobbles, but

:31:49. > :31:56.I was hoping she would get into the protection of experienced

:31:57. > :32:00.team-mates. The Namibian rider finding the going tough. They will

:32:01. > :32:06.do this one more time before they head back towards Rio. The riders

:32:07. > :32:10.are riding defensively. I thought we might see attack attempts but that

:32:11. > :32:17.has not happened. They have stayed together. You can see how much of a

:32:18. > :32:21.cobbled section it is. The leaders, still negotiating it, despite having

:32:22. > :32:27.a sizeable lead. Romy Kasper from Germany is the second rider on the

:32:28. > :32:32.road, launching a counterattack and she is currently in no man's land. I

:32:33. > :32:38.think the peloton is close behind her than she is too Lotte Kopecky of

:32:39. > :32:42.Belgium at the front of the race. They are using every bit of road and

:32:43. > :32:49.dealing with crosswind at the same time. You can see Harris and Lizzie

:32:50. > :32:54.Armitstead taking the opportunity, brief opportunity to take a drink.

:32:55. > :32:58.That is experience for you, and professionalism. It is early in the

:32:59. > :33:04.race in terms of the obstacles on the route. Lizzie Armitstead, up to

:33:05. > :33:09.this point, seems to be going well. She had the early problems with a

:33:10. > :33:14.puncture, but she did not panic, she dealt with it OK and got back into

:33:15. > :33:19.the peloton and now she is showing her face at the front of the race

:33:20. > :33:23.and looking quite assertive. She is a heavily marked rider, one of the

:33:24. > :33:29.downsides of being world champion. She is heavily marked in this race.

:33:30. > :33:33.They went through that section in a defensive style. I expected more. We

:33:34. > :33:38.did expect to see damage at the back. I thought we may see some more

:33:39. > :33:45.attacking. One more time over the stones. Ashleigh Moolman is the

:33:46. > :33:52.South African rider to watch in terms of being at the business end

:33:53. > :33:56.of the race. You can see she is struggling to hold the wheels at the

:33:57. > :34:01.back of the peloton. This is the front of the race, Lotte Kopecky,

:34:02. > :34:06.the 20-year-old. She is on the Grumari Klein, the shorter and

:34:07. > :34:14.steeper of the two they have to tackle. -- climb. You get an idea

:34:15. > :34:24.how steep it is. Up to 24% for a few metres. Some of the riders have

:34:25. > :34:29.taken mountain bike gearing to get over the steep climbs, especially

:34:30. > :34:35.over the Vista Chinesa. Lotte Kopecky is not a rider who is

:34:36. > :34:39.one of the bigger names in the peloton. Just 20 years of age, but

:34:40. > :34:45.she had an excellent junior career. A promising rider who has adapted

:34:46. > :34:50.well to riding at senior level and she was ninth in Paris recently in a

:34:51. > :34:56.race that takes place on the same day as the finish of the Tour de

:34:57. > :35:01.France. A different event to this, but it shows you she has been mixing

:35:02. > :35:11.it well in the women's peloton this season. You can see how steep it is.

:35:12. > :35:15.A background of junior champion and this is a different environment as

:35:16. > :35:19.she makes her way around the hairpin. A technical descent here.

:35:20. > :35:24.Do you think this is where we might see activity on the front of the

:35:25. > :35:31.peloton? I hope so. A number of riders will be waiting to be dropped

:35:32. > :35:37.on the last climb of the day. A lot of riders, who do not have climbers

:35:38. > :35:43.who have a hope of getting over the summit with the front runners. All

:35:44. > :35:49.of these obstacles for them to use. Tiring watching this climb, a real

:35:50. > :35:54.grind away from the coast. Emma Pooley we saw on the first blip of

:35:55. > :36:01.the day, trying to stretch the group out. Maybe she will come to the

:36:02. > :36:06.fore. One of the Brazilian riders, Fernandes, being dropped from the

:36:07. > :36:14.peloton, as well. Relief for Lotte Kopecky, as she goes over the top.

:36:15. > :36:22.It is quite technical and they are fast into it. The Bends I am

:36:23. > :36:25.informed by the British riders are unusual with an adverse camber. They

:36:26. > :36:30.are going around a left-hand bend and a lot of the time the road is

:36:31. > :36:34.tipping to the right, so it is pushing them towards the treacherous

:36:35. > :36:38.gutter. That would keep you on your toes as you descend at great speed,

:36:39. > :36:45.I am sure. Very unforgiving at either side. Big drops down into the

:36:46. > :36:49.gutter off the tarmac and concrete kerbstones everywhere. Surrounded by

:36:50. > :36:54.immovable objects. This is the rider second on the road on her own, Romy

:36:55. > :37:04.Kasper from Germany. Germany with a strong squad. Ultimately working for

:37:05. > :37:08.Claudia Lichtenberg. Trixi Worrack, she was second in the World

:37:09. > :37:13.Championship road race a decade ago. She had a horrible crash this year

:37:14. > :37:15.and lost a kidney and has done wonderfully well to get back to

:37:16. > :37:19.racing and getting a spot in the Germany team. Emma Pooley in the

:37:20. > :37:27.middle of the front of the main pack. They are I think about three

:37:28. > :37:30.minutes behind the Belgian rider. We are not getting regular time updates

:37:31. > :37:38.and hopefully we will get one before too long. It is a short climb. That

:37:39. > :37:43.is Romy Kasper, who is about to have company. I think she has given it up

:37:44. > :37:48.now. It was a fruitless effort, really. She was trapped between the

:37:49. > :37:54.groups. She left it too late to go after the Belgian rider because the

:37:55. > :37:59.Belgian was long up the road before Romy Kasper launched a counter

:38:00. > :38:05.attack. Mara Abbott and Evelyn Stevens from the US up at the front.

:38:06. > :38:11.Ashleigh Moolman, as well. As we see for the first time, the Dutch riders

:38:12. > :38:15.coming up to the front for the first time. And Ellen van Dijk from the

:38:16. > :38:19.Netherlands doing a good job. Today, she is a bit like the Ian Stannard

:38:20. > :38:26.of the Dutch team. In terms of her role. Look as they roll down. I said

:38:27. > :38:32.it was one kilometre of climbing, but that was enough to thin out. I'd

:38:33. > :38:36.also coming off the back of the cobbles and riders trying to get

:38:37. > :38:41.themselves back on terms. The next lap we will see serious fractures

:38:42. > :38:45.occur and it may well not come back together.

:38:46. > :38:58.It can knock you out of your rhythm, a cobbled section.

:38:59. > :39:07.Christoforou Cyprus. One of the Belgian riders is also finding the

:39:08. > :39:11.going... The peloton is really starting to break up. It looks like

:39:12. > :39:18.Ellen van Dijk from the Netherlands. She was waiting for the descent. It

:39:19. > :39:23.looks like she has surveyed it. The Dutch are the team I would say,

:39:24. > :39:27.maybe America, as well, that Lizzie Armitstead does not want to let go

:39:28. > :39:31.because they are the powerhouses who can do the chasing if you find

:39:32. > :39:35.yourself not getting into a move and now they don't have responsibility

:39:36. > :39:40.to chase because they have someone up the road. Italy will be keen to

:39:41. > :39:44.chase. They have a strong quartet. They won't allow the Dutch room for

:39:45. > :39:49.manoeuvre. They have a single rider of the road. They don't have any

:39:50. > :39:54.reason to chase. The Australians are near the front that they have the

:39:55. > :39:59.move so an interesting dynamic. Giorgia Bronzini has gone up the

:40:00. > :40:15.road. We are hearing that Lotta Lepisto, Nikki Harris and Pauline --

:40:16. > :40:17.Pauline Ferrand-Prevot. She climbs fantastically, but plagued with

:40:18. > :40:24.injury this year. There was a question mark over her form. A chase

:40:25. > :40:33.from the Australian, number 14, and I think she had a problem on the

:40:34. > :40:36.cobbled section. Katrin Garfoot. Oh, we have a crash. The first incident.

:40:37. > :40:52.First rider down. Thankfully not serious. Back on her bike. Just lost

:40:53. > :40:59.a chain. Not an easy ride to get back in contact with the peloton as

:41:00. > :41:09.we go to the three chasers. They are riding very well together. Anna

:41:10. > :41:16.Plichta who was in the Rides London in the women's Tour event last

:41:17. > :41:20.weekend. We have Lotte Kopecky up the road on her own and Giorgia

:41:21. > :41:26.Bronzini is the star name of the riders in this group. Twice she was

:41:27. > :41:30.the world road race champion in 2010 and 11. She was fifth in the Olympic

:41:31. > :41:43.Games road race in London. She has been around a long time, a top

:41:44. > :41:48.performer, and Ellen van Dijk, as well. There is discussion going on,

:41:49. > :41:53.maybe about who will do the chasing. While that is happening, the riders

:41:54. > :42:01.are slipping away. Audrey Cordon is near the front, the other rich

:42:02. > :42:04.rider. We will look and see whether Pauline Ferrand-Prevot is there.

:42:05. > :42:09.Armitstead is towards the front. A counter from Australia, one of the

:42:10. > :42:17.riders from Australia going to the front, having a look behind. I think

:42:18. > :42:24.it might be Gracie Elvin from Australia. She has strung out but

:42:25. > :42:29.not open the gap. Armstrong keeping an eye on things. Back at the

:42:30. > :42:33.peloton, let's see who is here. I think that is Pauline Ferrand-Prevot

:42:34. > :42:39.we see. In the final third of the peloton. As far as I can see she is

:42:40. > :42:44.in the peloton, but nearer the back than the front. Audrey Cordon the

:42:45. > :42:49.other French rider is at the front. Giorgia Bronzini made the break. In

:42:50. > :42:54.her last season, so what away it would be for her to go out. She has

:42:55. > :42:58.worked on her climbing and got herself into a move. This is Trixi

:42:59. > :43:04.Worrack, from Germany, closing the gap. She is about to join Ellen van

:43:05. > :43:10.Dijk, Giorgia Bronzini and Anna Plichta in a counter attack behind

:43:11. > :43:15.the leader, a lot -- Lotte Kopecky of Belgium. Along with Emma Pooley,

:43:16. > :43:22.Nikki Harris and Armitstead in the main peloton.

:43:23. > :43:30.This race will go one to 8:15pm in your evening and you can watch it

:43:31. > :43:36.online. We have been talking about Richard Kruse, the 33-year-old foil

:43:37. > :43:40.fencer. He is the only Briton to get into the last 16, facing a two-time

:43:41. > :43:46.Olympic champion from Italy, Andrea Cassara. This potentially one of the

:43:47. > :43:48.biggest challenges, the biggest bout, of his career.

:43:49. > :44:14.Described by Ollie Williams. First blood, Kruse. Both fencers

:44:15. > :44:21.have managed victories against each other before. Kruse defeating

:44:22. > :44:33.Cassara and the European Championships in 2013. Cassara won

:44:34. > :44:37.their latest encounter last year. They are veterans on this circuit,

:44:38. > :44:43.both in their early 30s. Both have vast experience. But Cassara is the

:44:44. > :44:49.one who has more often turned that into hardware and the end of the

:44:50. > :44:54.day, into gold medals. Kruse starting well. It's a lively start,

:44:55. > :45:19.3-1 up. Relatively simple. I think by this stage, anybody

:45:20. > :45:23.British watching this rose to be cautious, James-Andrew Davis did

:45:24. > :45:30.that in his last bout, coming out very well early on but he couldn't

:45:31. > :45:44.hold it. He's already said how devastated he was about that. Kruse

:45:45. > :45:49.needs to be very careful. However, it is for- one up, the position he

:45:50. > :45:55.would rather be in at this point. Fencing against Andrea Cassirer has

:45:56. > :46:00.been described by one person earlier today as being like fencing a

:46:01. > :46:03.washing machine because the blade spins and spins and you don't know

:46:04. > :46:08.how he's going to hit you, then he does. Which he is currently

:46:09. > :46:22.protesting that he did. Not sure if he's going to get that. Yeah. The

:46:23. > :46:26.referee has concurred with Cassara's exuberant appeal and the gap has

:46:27. > :46:33.been narrowed. Kruse thinks he got a touch there. Very often in fencing

:46:34. > :46:37.you will see both athletes doing everything they can to appeal to the

:46:38. > :46:47.referee. You thought European football was bad!

:46:48. > :46:55.Plenty of time left, don't worry about the clock. Virtually

:46:56. > :47:03.irrelevant now, the first to 15 and will do it.

:47:04. > :47:13.Right now this is entertaining, relatively evenly matched. Kruse is

:47:14. > :47:21.coming out of this well. But Cassara has the experience. Perhaps he has

:47:22. > :47:25.the mental edge when it comes to getting through these situations,

:47:26. > :47:26.from the sheer experience of reaching Olympic finals and winning

:47:27. > :47:38.medals. A pointer Kruse, a 3-point

:47:39. > :48:06.advantage. -- a point for. 7-3 in this atoll of the brightly

:48:07. > :48:16.coloured trainers. Neither side shying away on the footwork fund but

:48:17. > :48:21.-- front. Kruse trying to get something out of that, didn't get

:48:22. > :48:22.anything. Coming forward and again Cassara turns to the referee and

:48:23. > :48:42.indicates how he saw that. Kruse backing off, now coming

:48:43. > :48:50.forward, off target. That indicates it was off target, the white. That's

:48:51. > :48:57.on target. 8-4 advantage, Richard Kruse. More than halfway towards the

:48:58. > :49:21.magical that will take him through to another Olympic quarterfinal.

:49:22. > :49:29.Kruse showing great reactions and anticipation here. Maybe Cassara is

:49:30. > :49:47.a bit tired from that earlier bruising encounter with

:49:48. > :50:17.France's fencer. Beautifully executed. Kruse restoring the lead.

:50:18. > :50:40.The winner of this is going to face Gerek Meinhardt of the USA in the

:50:41. > :50:47.quarterfinal. He just beat his opponent in a very tough encounter.

:50:48. > :50:52.It may mean that Kruse is facing an opponent who had a difficult

:50:53. > :50:58.morning. Whoever goes through Will Fraser an opponent who's had a long

:50:59. > :51:00.day at the office. Kruse is creeping closer and closer -- will face an

:51:01. > :51:24.opponent. Excellent work again. By Cassara.

:51:25. > :51:30.Keeping in touch with Kruse. But this is still a healthy advantage.

:51:31. > :51:42.Particularly against an opponent of his calibre. Kruse extends the lead

:51:43. > :51:53.back to six. Pouncing in that move forward. You got to say that he's

:51:54. > :52:00.keeping his head. Measured so far. No real sign of any wavering.

:52:01. > :52:36.Clarity of thought. That's good. Cassara jabbing forward, getting his

:52:37. > :52:41.seventh point. Currently ranked 24 in the world, which completely

:52:42. > :52:45.belies the real story of how good a fencer this is because Cassara spent

:52:46. > :52:51.about half of the last season getting treatment for what was

:52:52. > :52:55.essentially tennis elbow. Therefore he doesn't really have the ranking

:52:56. > :53:06.points to reflect just how strong an opponent he is. Kruse, by contrast,

:53:07. > :53:09.is the world number six right now. One below James-Andrew Davis in the

:53:10. > :53:17.world rankings, which will change because of the results here.

:53:18. > :53:26.Cheers from the crowd. Plenty of British support here in Rio. Richard

:53:27. > :53:35.Kruse, two away from what would be an exceptionally impressive victory

:53:36. > :53:44.here. Still keeping that focus." As. -- close quarters.

:53:45. > :53:54.Again, don't worry about 25 seconds, still plenty of time left in this

:53:55. > :54:01.before the first break. The clock isn't going to be relevant here,

:54:02. > :54:06.you'd think. Those two points that Richard Kruse needs to get are what

:54:07. > :54:16.matter here. Cassara is just coming back now. I couple of points in a

:54:17. > :54:25.row. Maybe Kruse needs to get to the break and take some time.

:54:26. > :54:33.Might just be a chance here for the two of them to lock horns once more.

:54:34. > :54:40.Maybe a little opening skirmish and... No, going for it. Cassara

:54:41. > :54:44.again gets a very useful point to have on the board with five seconds

:54:45. > :54:50.left before the break. Both fencers into double figures. You can see

:54:51. > :54:55.that they've essentially decided to forget the remainder of the time and

:54:56. > :55:04.take a break. Towelling down, Richard Kruse. He's impressive, but

:55:05. > :55:10.the job isn't yet completely done. Cassara on the other hand, finding

:55:11. > :55:15.his way back into that at the end. And he has all the experience you

:55:16. > :55:33.need to come out on top, even in this situation.

:55:34. > :55:39.Richard Kruse said after London 2012, he went out after his first

:55:40. > :55:46.fight and said, that's it, pretty much. He almost confirmed his

:55:47. > :55:54.retirement at that point and now, here we are, four years later at the

:55:55. > :55:58.age of 33, turning that last week. Richard Kruse is still representing

:55:59. > :56:07.Team GB. Still fighting at the Olympic Games. And he is now, in the

:56:08. > :56:17.next few moments, on the verge of a place in the quarterfinals. Just

:56:18. > :56:27.fixing his equipment in place. And away we go. Two points needed by

:56:28. > :56:32.Kruse. Four points now needed by Cassara. It's a while since Kruse

:56:33. > :56:48.has got on the board here. Kruse wants that. Cassara is

:56:49. > :56:53.pointing with urgency towards the official, look at the exhaust

:56:54. > :56:59.Gration now. Let's have a look -- exasperation. Cassara on the back

:57:00. > :57:03.foot, Kruse thinks he got the touch there. Cassara I think arguing that

:57:04. > :57:18.was off target. Given to Kruse. One point will do

:57:19. > :57:30.it. Cassara can't believe that. He must regroup. Kruse needs just one.

:57:31. > :57:40.Point, Cassara. What a contest. Kruse advancing Ford, looking for

:57:41. > :57:47.the blow. He turns to appeal. -- advancing forward. The point goes

:57:48. > :57:51.up, Kruse has won. Richard Kruse goes through to the quarterfinals of

:57:52. > :57:59.we are 2016, seeing off a formidable opponent. Formidable doesn't cover

:58:00. > :58:03.it, two time Olympic champion, sensational victory for Richard

:58:04. > :58:09.Kruse and he goes through to the quarterfinals, equalling his best

:58:10. > :58:13.ever result in his fourth Olympics for the 33-year-old. We will bring

:58:14. > :58:17.you that in our next programme. We are having to move to BBC Two very

:58:18. > :58:24.shortly for the next instalment of this Olympic Babe two, which by our

:58:25. > :58:30.count has already covered 15, 16 of the 28 Olympic sports -- Day two.

:58:31. > :58:33.Much more to come. See you by the beach in 30 seconds.